Simulation of eHealth Scenarios with Role-Play Supported by an Interactive Smartphone Application

The transformation and digitalization of health services foresees a need for recruiting individuals with the combined knowledge of technical and health sciences. Education of young people in the domain of eHealth is an important contribution in the on-going digital transformation process. In this context, the research project High School Students as Co-researchers in eHealth aims to introduce technology-supported health care scenarios and research methods to young students in the Southern region of Norway. As a part of the project, simulation of eHealth scenarios was made in a clinical research laboratory together with high school students and experienced researchers. In the simulation, role-play was used to carry out the scenarios. To inform the roles, the tasks and their associated actions, an interactive smartphone application was used. This paper presents the simulation procedure and how the interactive smartphone was developed and used to guide the scenarios.