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Design Considerations for Delivering E-Learning to Surgical Trainees

<29> This paper applies the first evaluation tool for multimedia in surgical training developed by Coughlan and published in Behaviour and Information Technology (an ERA-rated A class journal). Given reduced surgical training opportunities following implementation of the European Working Time Directive, shortened apprenticeships and clinical exposure require targeted training, increasingly delivered by educational software. This research contributes by predicting quality of educational software and analysing the interplay between usability and learning features of expert training software and developing relevant heuristics for design. This contributes to accessing surgical knowledge, whilst compensating for lost experience.