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Evaluating Usability in Blended Learning Programs Within Health Professions Education: a Scoping Review
Anish K Arora1, Charo Rodriguez1,2, Tamara Carver2
1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Québec Canada.
Medical Science Educator
|May 25, 2021
Summary
Usability in health professions blended learning evaluations is often indirect. This study mapped knowledge on usability, finding it implicitly assessed across 80 studies and proposing a framework for future direct evaluation.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Educational Technology
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Blended learning is increasingly utilized in health professions education.
- Evaluating the usability of these programs is crucial for effective implementation.
- Existing literature lacks a clear framework for assessing usability in this context.
Purpose of the Study:
- To map existing knowledge on the application of usability in evaluating blended learning programs within health professions education.
- To identify how usability has been assessed in previous studies.
- To develop a conceptual framework for future usability evaluations in this field.
Main Methods:
- A systematic mapping of literature was conducted.
- Eighty studies evaluating blended learning programs in health professions education were analyzed.
- The explicit and implicit mentions of usability were documented.
Main Results:
- Usability was explicitly mentioned in only one of the 80 studies reviewed.
- Usability was indirectly evaluated in the majority of the studies.
- A conceptual framework for usability evaluation in health professions blended learning was developed.
Conclusions:
- There is a need for more explicit and standardized methods to evaluate the usability of blended learning in health professions education.
- The developed conceptual framework can guide future research and instrument development.
- Improved usability evaluation can enhance the effectiveness and adoption of blended learning in healthcare training.
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