EHSLibrary » surgery http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Blog Thu, 23 May 2013 19:01:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Mobile medical apps helping kids http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2011/05/06/mobile-medical-apps-helping-kids/ http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2011/05/06/mobile-medical-apps-helping-kids/#comments Fri, 06 May 2011 14:35:29 +0000 Todd Vandenbark http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=776 Adult and child sharing an iPadUndergoing surgery can be frightening at the best of times. But for children, surgery can be terrifying. At the Shriners Hospital in Chicago, child-life specialist Kia Ferrer has developed an iPad app that will provide a kid-friendly virtual walk-through of their treatment. As noted in Medill Reports, Ferrer explains that:

“With Keynote, an iPad application similar to PowerPoint, children are able to slide through pictures of what will take place from admission to discharge. With this device I can explain surgery preparation through pictures and age-appropriate language.”

The program is designed for children ages 3 and up, and allows for increased interactivity over books.

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