Procedural Instructions for Surgical Patient Education Modules

Technical writers and illustrators often find it
reasonably difficult to understand the exact way
technical graphics could be designed for complex
procedural tasks. Sometimes the problem is due to
the multiple sequences involved in the process,
graphical angles, the complexity of individual
actions and activities, user experience, learning
curve and their preference for text and visuals and
importantly, the way readers prefer to mentally
animate procedures. This book adopts a unique
experimental approach in attempting to explore
whether and how combinations of spatial perspectives
in text and graphics can help readers mentally
animate and comprehend a complex sequence of
procedural acts as seen in surgical patient
education modules. Importantly, this book discusses
various textual perspectives and graphical
complexities for specific surgical situations and
mechanical processes in general, that technical
writers and illustrators might find interesting for
designing any kind of procedural instructions.

Autorentext
Debopriyo Roy is an Associate Professor of Technical Communication and also co-directs the eLearning and Usability Lab at University of Aizu, Japan. He holds a Ph.D from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Roy's research focuses on designing instructional graphics. He has published extensively in international journals and proceedings.

Klappentext
Technical writers and illustrators often find it reasonably difficult to understand the exact way technical graphics could be designed for complex procedural tasks. Sometimes the problem is due to the multiple sequences involved in the process, graphical angles, the complexity of individual actions and activities, user experience, learning curve and their preference for text and visuals and importantly, the way readers prefer to mentally animate procedures. This book adopts a unique experimental approach in attempting to explore whether and how combinations of spatial perspectives in text and graphics can help readers mentally animate and comprehend a complex sequence of procedural acts as seen in surgical patient education modules. Importantly, this book discusses various textual perspectives and graphical complexities for specific surgical situations and mechanical processes in general, that technical writers and illustrators might find interesting for designing any kind of procedural instructions.