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An-Interactive-Web-based-Platform-for-Pulmonary-Rehabilitation

This project is part of my theses for my master degree in Data Science at the University of Edinburgh. As part of the National Healthcare system, the Edinburgh Community Pulmonary Rehabilitation team is tasked with delivering high quality care, engaging on promoting public health and improving self-management. The Pulmonary Rehabilitation team, based in Leith, has been running since 2008 and receives annually over 650 referrals for Lothian-based individuals living with chronic lung conditions. The main aim of this project is to develop a web-based educational platform that can be used as a preparation tool for students attending the Pulmonary Rehabilitation team for their placement. The system will provide the knowledge and facilities to guide the student through interactive case studies and quizzes. The longer term aim will be to expand such a platform to make it available and relevant to other professionals working on respiratory conditions or for professionals looking to move in a respiratory post. The system will be implemented using a combination of HTML, CSS and Javascript client-side and an appropriate language, such as PHP or Python server-side, to enable asynchronous interactions. The interface will need careful design and, once implemented, will need to be responsive to user actions (such as mouse clicks) in order to provide appropriate feedback. A lightweight communication protocol and API e.g. based on JSON may need to be designed to ensure that the interface can be decoupled from the server. The possibility of building such a system as a plugin to a well-known platform such as Wordpress or Drupal will also be explored. The student will interact and work closely with the Pulmonary Rehabilitation team and, over the course of the project, have several meetings and contextual interviews in order to gather data and then evaluate the system. Existing efforts for other health conditions (such as stroke) will be surveyed when setting up the requirements for this system.