Luiz Ricardo Albano Dos Santos, Alan Maicon de Oliveira, Luana Michelly Aparecida Costa Dos Santos, Guilherme José Aguilar, Wilbert Dener Lemos Costa, Dantony de Castro Barros Donato, Valdes Roberto Bollela
Collaborative Development of an Electronic Portfolio to Support the Assessment and Development of Medical Undergraduates
JMIR medical education
heart failure complex chronic disease requires selfcare manage patients need support education perform adequate selfcare although electronic health interventions support behavior change selfcare cardiovascular disease gaining traction little engaging online education specifically designed heart failure patients paper describes design development heart failure selfcare patient education web site integrated gamification meaning use game design elements nongame context sought feedback web site group heart failure clinicians focus group using semistructured interview guide data analyzed thematically clinician input design phase touched themes patients decisionmaking heart failure older adults adoption technology clinicians recommended narrative gamification technique reflect reallife dilemmas patients encounter selfcare clinicians also discussed need carefully plan rewardbased gamification techniques avoid unintended effects overall gamified web site potential support heart failure selfcare efforts needed address disparity limited computer literacy access