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TELEHEALTH AND HEALTH TELEDUCATION USING MOBILE PLATFORMS - UNA-SUS AMAZON
Open University of SUS - UNASUS Amazon (BRAZIL)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2017 Proceedings
Publication year: 2017
Pages: 1682-1687
ISBN: 978-84-617-8491-2
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2017.0526
Conference name: 11th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 6-8 March, 2017
Location: Valencia, Spain
Abstract:
The UNASUS (SUS Open University) project aims to meet the training needs and continuing education of health professionals working in the SUS (Health Unic System), offering courses with practical and dynamic perspective using trivial clinical events. But, one of the characteristics of UNASUS courses up until then was online access, making it difficult to professional connection of the most remote and underserved areas, specifically in isolated municipalities, indigenous areas and throughout the Legal Amazon. Because of this problem was implemented the UNASUS Amazon project, which seeks to address the issue of access to training and information, through the development of technologies, including mobile applications, that provide educational resources offline. The solution is based on local data storage and synchronization (upload and download) when available connection, always taking into account the displacement of the professional. In addition, the project aims to incorporate new interactive technologies, such as virtual reality environments and extended reality, where are used the tools Leap Motion© e Oculus Rift©/Gear VR©. Your applications can range from virtual simulation environments up to 360 degree videos for easy observation of hostile environments or difficult to view by the user, such as the digestive and respiratory systems and surgical approaches.
Keywords:
UNASUS Amazon, telehealth, mobile applications, offline, new interactive technologies.