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Focus Group Meeting

Focus Group Meeting: April 10, 2001
Topic: Review of Web-based Module: Nutrition in Preventive Medicine
Participants: 5 MSI, MSII, and MSIII students

Summary of discussion:

Overall they were enthusiastic and positive. Liked all the information and saw potential applications for basic and clinical sciences.

Would you use it?

  • If I can access information easily.
  • If it is interactive.
  • Should be linked to curriculum/required.
  • Require us to take test/have initial nutrition knowledge test on web—not for a grade but make completion a course requirement.
  • If it is used with a PBL case.
  • Ask us to do a task that requires us to use the website to solve a problem and then test us with a problem. (i.e., like learning to use the electronic record system)
  • Might take the quiz to learn what they didn't know about nutrition. (if highly motivated)

Navigation:

  • Pretty good/intuitive.
  • Is it necessary to go through the quiz to get to other information?
  • Needs to be easier to access and to return to home page.

Useful sections:

  • Risk factors. (good for seeing patients)
  • Calculators BMI.
  • Vitamins/nutrients charts.
  • Recommendations for protein restrictions.
  • Cholesterol page.
  • Clinical Points.
  • One really liked the idea of clicking on the foods and getting nutritional information.
  • Being able to print.

Would like to see:

  • An easier way back to home.
  • Search capacity.
  • Easier link to student web page, UTMED or UT home page/address didn't work for some.
  • Summary of what is on site/outline/what's next/summary page (i.e., on the page with Sections. What's in the section?).
  • Calculator tool indicating all the various things that can be calculated; one icon linking to several calculations.
  • Section on diets related to diseases/fad diets/supplements.
  • Section on exercise/calories.
  • Section or link to emerging information on nutrition; news alerts; updates.
  • Stages of change information or a streamed video of counseling overweight patient on diet.
  • Ability to download to Palm.
  • Ability to be able to email questions to an expert.
  • List of current nutrition-related events at UTHMS or in the area.
  • Calculation basic metabolic rate.
  • Presented to students early in the curriculum so they know it's available; not at orientation; make it part of a task, course.

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