Workshop abstract: HCI research in healthcare: Using theory from evidence to practice

K Sellen, S Taneva, Dominic Furniss, Aisling Ann O'Kane, Y Chen, Ann Blandford
in Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Conference paper (text)

Abstract

Theory has an important place in HCI research in healthcare. However, resources on this area are spread across different multidisciplinary journals. It is timely for the community to reflect on the classic, modern, and contemporary theories they use, to map where strengths and weaknesses lie, and where emerging opportunities are unfolding. This workshop aims to encourage dialogue and exchange of ideas with examples of current and emerging theory in HCI and healthcare to support researchers and practitioners as they address the challenges and opportunities of this domain. We aim to produce a journal special issue to map the state of the art in this area.