User Need Assessment Paper

When developing a website with the purpose of addressing knowledge deficits in a target population, it is vital to first assess and identify what information should be included in the website. Prior to using the tool, as a group it was decided that our target population would be bone marrow transplant patients and caregivers. Next, the user need assessment was presented to several individuals to determine what was the actual educational need (see Appendix 1 for detailed User Need Assessment). The tool was presented to two separate clinical patient populations, which were adult and pediatric environments. A total of five people completed the assessment, two were professional nurses and the remaining three were caregivers. As our group expected

We also decided to include information on infection and sepsis since it is a common issue with transplant patients. While the suggestion for presenting “what happens inside the bone marrow before and after the bone marrow transplant” was considered, it was determined to be outside the scope of this educational website. This decision was made due to the complexity of the topic, including but not limited to differences between preparation regimens, differences between types of bone marrow transplant (allogenic versus autologous, matched related donor versus matched unrelated donor, cord blood, etc.), and differences in outcomes (failure of graft, mixed chimerism, etc.). The intent of this website is to provide general information that is typically difficult and/or time-consuming to access, but similarly applicable to a wide target audience. Presentation of the factors involved in each type of transplant, and possible outcomes for each, will be more effectively taught in a more individualized educational