Apparatus and methods for medical patient role playing/simulation activity
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1. A health care apparatus to render audio visual content to a medical patient, comprising:
- a content element storage coupled with a communications network and adapted to store a plurality of audio visual content elements to be rendered to a medical patient as part of a defined care plan, the audio visual content elements including a plurality of role playing simulation content elements in which the patient is presented with a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by a character and in which the patient provides input related to the character'"'"'s situation; and
a user interface operatively coupled with the communications network and with a display device, the user interface being operable by the patient to render to the patient with the display device;
selected content elements;
a response of the role playing simulation content elements after the patient provides the input, the response including an indication of the correct input along with an image to reinforce the correct input;
a situation introduction content element; and
a character selection content element after the situation introduction content element.
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Abstract
A health care apparatus (10) and methods for rendering audio visual content to a medical patient in the patient'"'"'s home, in which a content element storage (22) stores a plurality of audio visual content elements (28) to be rendered to the patient, including role playing simulation content elements (40) in which in which the patient is presented with a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by a character (42) and in which the patient provides input related to the character'"'"'s situation.
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1. A health care apparatus to render audio visual content to a medical patient, comprising:
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a content element storage coupled with a communications network and adapted to store a plurality of audio visual content elements to be rendered to a medical patient as part of a defined care plan, the audio visual content elements including a plurality of role playing simulation content elements in which the patient is presented with a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by a character and in which the patient provides input related to the character'"'"'s situation; and a user interface operatively coupled with the communications network and with a display device, the user interface being operable by the patient to render to the patient with the display device; selected content elements; a response of the role playing simulation content elements after the patient provides the input, the response including an indication of the correct input along with an image to reinforce the correct input; a situation introduction content element; and a character selection content element after the situation introduction content element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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7. A method of rendering health care information to a patient, comprising:
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storing by at least one processor a plurality of audio visual content elements to be rendered to a medical patient, the plurality of audio visual content elements including a plurality of role playing simulation content elements in which the patient is presented with a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by a character and in which the patient provides input related to the character'"'"'s situation; selecting by the at least one processor one or more stored content elements based at least partially on the patient'"'"'s medical condition, the selected content elements including at least one role playing simulation content element to be rendered to the patient in a given viewing session as part of a defined care plan; arranging by the at least one processor the selected content elements into a serially ordered itinerary with the at least one role playing simulation content element arranged to correspond to a chronology of the defined care plan; and rendering by the at least one processor a display of the selected content elements to the patient, wherein rendering the display of the selected content elements to the patient comprises; rendering an educational content element about a medical topic to the patient; rendering a situation introduction content element to the patient after the educational content element; rendering a character selection content element to the patient after the situation introduction content element; receiving a patient'"'"'s selection of a particular character; rendering a character introduction content element to the patient after receiving the patient'"'"'s character selection; rendering a character situation content element to the patient including an image of the selected character, a description of a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by the selected character; receiving input from the patient regarding a solution to the character'"'"'s situation; and rendering a response content element to the patient after receiving the patient'"'"'s input, the response content element an indication of a correct solution along with an image to reinforce the correct solution.
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8. A method for facilitating patient education regarding a medical condition, the method comprising:
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presenting educational content to a patient about a medical topic via a user interface operatively coupled with a display device that renders preselected content elements to the patient as part of a defined care plan; presenting a situation introduction content element to the patient via the user interface after the educational content; presenting a character selection content element to the patient to select a character, the character selection content element presented via the user interface after the situation introduction content element; and
,reinforcing the educational content by engaging the patient in a role playing simulation in which the patient provides input to the user interface to assist the selected character with a situation involving an issue related to the medical topic confronted by the selected character.
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19. A method of providing health care to a patient, the method comprising:
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defining by a at least one processor a care plan that includes features to assist the patient with defined health issues, the defining including electronically inputting patient information for the patient into a generic care plan template; selecting by the at least one processor one or more new content elements of the care plan based on progress in understanding of the patient regarding the defined health issues; providing by the at least one processor a role playing session as part of the care plan; providing a situation introduction content element of the selected content elements to the patient; and providing a character selection content element of the selected content elements after the situation introduction content element.
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20. A method of rendering audio visual health care content to a medical patient, comprising:
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storing by at least one processor a plurality of audio visual content elements to be rendered to a medical patient, the plurality of audio visual content elements including a plurality of role playing simulation content elements in which the patient is presented with a situation involving an issue related to a medical condition confronted by a character and in which the patient provides input related to the character'"'"'s situation; selecting by the at least one processor one or more stored content elements based at least partially on the patient'"'"'s medical condition, the selected content elements including at least one interactive survey or quiz content element and at least one role playing simulation content element, to be rendered to the patient in a given viewing session as part of a defined care plan, the at least one role playing simulation content element selected based on a patient response to the at least one interactive survey or quiz content element; arranging by the at least one processor the selected content elements into a serially ordered itinerary with the at least one interactive survey or quiz content element and the at least one role playing simulation content element arranged to correspond to a chronology of the defined care plan, wherein the at least one interactive survey or quiz content element is arranged before the role playing simulation content element; rendering by the at least one processor a display of the selected content elements to the patient according to the serially ordered itinerary; rendering by the at least one processor to the patient with the display device a situation of the day, the situation of the day being a role playing simulation content element specifically selected for the current day by an itinerary arrangement system; providing a situation introduction content element of the selected content elements to the patient; and providing a character selection content element of the selected content elements after the situation introduction content element.
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