Method and system for generating a skill sheet

• US 7,011,528 B2
• Filed: 02/03/2003
• Issued: 03/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaplan, Inc. (Graham Holdings Company)
• Original Assignee: Anne G. Tweet, Craig F. Knoche
• Inventors: Knoche, Craig F., Tweet, Anne G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheng, Joe H.
• Application Number:
  US10/357,787
• Publication Number:
  US 20040153290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,135 Days
• Field of Search: 434/118, 434/219, 434/262, 434/272, 434/322, 434/323, 434/362, 434/365, 600/300, 128/845, 707/102, 706/15, 705/2, 705/3, 705/8, 705/9, 705/11, 705/28, 607/5, 703/17, 702/183, 345/8, 380/271, 235/492, 715/500, 715/505, 715/506
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

A method and system generates skill sheets for a user participating in a medical emergency response simulation program. Providing a simulation scenario, a skill sheet template is chosen. The skill sheet template comprises a plurality of line items. The relevance of the line items are determined. Each relevant line item is evaluated and a score is computed. A skill sheet is generated from the evaluated line items of the skill sheet templates. The skill sheets generated are in compliance with Department of Transportation standards.

Claims

1. A method for generating a skill sheet for a user participating in a medical emergency response simulation program, the simulation program comprising a model for simulating the response of a simulated subject to the input of the user, the method comprising:

(a) providing a simulation scenario;

(b) choosing a skill sheet template, wherein the skill sheet template comprises a plurality of line items;

(c) determining which line items of the plurality of line items are relevant;

(d) evaluating each relevant line item; and

(e) generating a skill sheet according to said evaluating in (d).

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein said determining in (c) comprises determining according to the simulation scenario.

3. The invention of claim 1 wherein said determining in (c) comprises determining according to the user input.

4. The invention of claim 1 wherein said evaluating in (d) comprises computing a score for each relevant line item of the plurality of relevant line items.

5. The invention of claim 4 further comprising for each relevant line item, computing a number of possible points.

6. The invention of claim 4 further comprising for each relevant line item, computing the score by determining the sequence and type of the user input.

7. The invention of claim 6 further comprising computing the score by comparing the determined sequence and type of user input to a known correct sequence and type of user input.

8. The invention of claim 4 further comprising logging the user input and computing the score according to the logged user input.

9. The invention of claim 1 wherein said evaluating in (d) comprises evaluating while the simulation scenario is executing.

10. The invention of claim 1 wherein said evaluating in (d) comprises evaluating after the simulation scenario has ended.

11. The invention of claim 1 wherein said evaluating in (d) comprises assigning a comment to at least some of the plurality of relevant line items.

12. The invention of claim 1 wherein each relevant line item comprises a condition variable, a text message variable, a points possible variable, a points awarded variable, and a comments variable.

13. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises presenting the skill sheet to the user in a Department of Transportation format.

14. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises presenting the skill sheet to the user in a National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians format.

15. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises presenting the skill sheet to the user in an American Heart Association format.

16. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises generating at least one of the following skill sheets:

a trauma skill sheet, a medical skill sheet, a cardiac skill sheet, a cardio-pulmonary resuscitation skill sheet, an automated external defibrillation skill sheet.

17. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises generating a skill sheet selected from the group of skill sheets consisting of Department of Transportation skill sheets, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians skill sheets, and American Heart Association skill sheets.

18. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises generating hypertext markup language code.

19. The invention of claim 1 wherein said generating in (e) comprises displaying a name of the skill sheet, a line item description, a points possible, and a points awarded.

20. The invention of claim 19 wherein said generating in (e) further comprises displaying a comment.

21. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions for generating a skill sheet which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:

(a) providing a simulation scenario;

(b) choosing a skill sheet template, wherein the skill sheet template comprises a plurality of line items;

(c) determining which line items of the plurality of line items are relevant;

(d) evaluating each relevant line item; and

(e) generating a skill sheet according to said evaluating in (d).

22. A computer program product for generating a skill sheet, the program product comprising:

a computer readable medium;

simulation scenario means stored on said computer readable medium for simulating the response of a simulated human subject to a user input;

choosing means stored on said computer readable medium for choosing a skill sheet template;

determining means stored on said computer readable medium for determining a relevance of a plurality of line items of the skill sheet template;

evaluating means stored on said computer readable medium for evaluating the plurality of relevant line item; and

generating means stored on said computer readable medium for generating a skill sheet.

23. A system for generating a skill sheet for a user, the system comprising:

a simulator;

an event logger in communication with the simulator;

an evaluator in communication with said simulator and said event logger;

at least one skill sheet template in communication with said evaluator; and

a skill sheet generator in communication with said evaluator;

wherein said simulator receives user input from the user; and

wherein said event logger receives user input from the user.

24. The invention of claim 23 wherein said at least one skill sheet template comprises a plurality of line items.

25. The invention of claim 24 wherein said plurality of line items are consistent with skill sheet standards selected from the group of skill sheets standards consisting of Department of Transportation skill sheets, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians skill sheets, and American Heart Association skill sheets.

26. The invention of claim 24 wherein each of said plurality of line items comprises a condition variable, a text message variable, a points possible variable, a points awarded variable, and a comments variable.

27. The invention of claim 23 wherein said at least one skill sheet template is a medical skill sheet.

28. The invention of claim 23 wherein said at least one skill sheet template is a trauma skill sheet.

29. The invention of claim 23 wherein said at least one skill sheet template is a cardiac skill sheet.

30. The invention of claim 23 wherein said simulator comprises a human model.

31. The invention of claim 23 wherein said simulator comprises a plurality of simulation scenarios.