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Pictorial Representations of Medical Procedures to Train for Effective Recall (PROMPTER)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W81XWH-09-C-0049
Agency Tracking Number: A083-179-0047
Amount: $119,191.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A08-179
Solicitation Number: 2008.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-01-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-06-12
Small Business Information
625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
DUNS: 115243701
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ryan Kilgore, PhD
 Senior Scientist
 (617) 491-3474
 rkilgore@cra.com
Business Contact
 Gail Zaslow
Title: Contract Specialist
Phone: (617) 491-3474
Email: gzaslow@cra.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Improved first aid training tools and rehearsal methodologies based on visual learning and recall represent a promising approach to reducing battlefield fatalities. To support visual learning of first aid skills, we will design and demonstrate Pictorial Representations of Medical Procedures to Train for Effective Recall (PROMPTER). Four major components comprise our PROMPTER approach. First, we will design an intuitive, standardized symbology for the individual first aid actions, or subtasks, that comprise the complex emergency medical procedures of the Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks, Warrior Skills, Level 1 (STP 21-1-SMCT). Second, we will incorporate sets of these first aid subtask symbols within a pictorial mnemonic framework to visually represent each of the seventeen procedures in STP-21-SMCT. Third, we will design and demonstrate adaptive, microgame-based training methods that leverage these pictorial mnemonic training materials. These microgames will present tasks and challenges relevant to procedural skill acquisition and retention, using engaging gameplay mechanisms that are continually tailored to individual Soldiers’ evolving training needs. Fourth, we will develop a human performance-based evaluation plan to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of these pictorial mnemonic training materials and methods, including their impact on skill acquisition and retention over time.

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