Title :
Considerations for the design of a tutoring system applied to diabetes
Author :
Curilem, Gloria M J ; Brasil, Lourdes M. ; Sandoval, Rita C B ; Coral, Marisa H C ; De Azevedo, Fernando M. ; Marques, Jefferson L B
Author_Institution :
Biomed. Eng. Lab., Univ. Fed. de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil
Abstract :
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease affecting a large segment of world´s population. This article proposes the prototype design of a Tutoring System (TS) developed to support the educational needs related to DM treatment. The objective is to guide Type 1 patients and their families in the better routines and cautions they should follow, to improve their life quality. As the TS design is the first step of the project of an Intelligent Tutoring System design, the entire project is presented but the first step, the TS design and the pedagogical issues are described more in detail in this article
Keywords :
biomedical education; computer based training; diseases; medical computing; Type 1 patients; better dietary routines; chronic disease; diabetes mellitus; educational needs; life quality improvement; pedagogical issues; tutoring system design considerations; Artificial intelligence; Blood; Computer aided instruction; Delta modulation; Diabetes; Hospitals; Intelligent systems; Learning; Sugar; US Department of Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901449
