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Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2024, June 28). Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop [Keynote]. Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patient-centred-medical-education-workshop-tickets-887615079597

Trainees, patients and healthcare providers all benefit from better training through practice, feedback and objective assessment. We would like to invite you to join a group of patients, trainees and consultants across surgery, anaesthesia and nursin... Read More about Patient Centred Medical Education Workshop.

Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review (2023)
Journal Article
Menzies, R., Breen, C. J., & Kernohan, W. G. (2023). Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22(Suppl. 1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad064.057

Introduction
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) affects 30% of the world’s population and accounts for 3 million deaths annually, and current management pathways often result in poor outcomes in recurrence of AF with up to 50% reoccurring post pulmonary vein... Read More about Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review.

Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2023, June 23-24). Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review [Poster]. ACNAP Congress 2023, Edinburgh.

Introduction
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) affects 30% of the world’s population and accounts for 3 million deaths annually, and current management pathways often result in poor outcomes in recurrence of AF with up to 50% reoccurring post pulmonary vein... Read More about Epicardial adiposity in people with atrial fibrillation modified by physical exercise: an umbrella review.

Enhancing simulation-based education at Edinburgh Napier University. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C., & Machin, A. (2023, April 21). Enhancing simulation-based education at Edinburgh Napier University. [Presentation / Talk]. Dublin. https://www.iassim.com/symposium

Introduction
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on the delivery of nursing training. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) emergency standards offered up to 300 hours of simulated learning out of the overall 2300 practical learning ho... Read More about Enhancing simulation-based education at Edinburgh Napier University..

Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study (2021)
Journal Article
Rahimpour, M., Shahbazi, S., Ghafourifard, M., Gilani, N., & Breen, C. (2021). Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study. Nursing Open, 8(4), 1712-1719. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.809

Aims
The aim of this research study was to compare electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation competency among emergency nurses and EMS personnel.

Design
A cross-sectional comparative descriptive study design was used.

Methods
This study recruit... Read More about Electrocardiogram interpretation competency among emergency nurses and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel: A cross‐sectional and comparative descriptive study.

ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McMahon, L., & Breen, C. (2020, September 25). ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients [Poster]. Heart Rhythm Congress, Manchester, UK [online]. https://www.touchcardio.com/atrial-fibrillation/journal-articles/79-atp-and-prevention-pacing-to-reduce-af-burden-in-pacemaker-patients/

Background/Objectives: Pacemakers detect subclinical atrial fibrillation that may be a predictor of risk of stroke. Evidence for the efficacy of algorithms for prevention and treatment of atrial fibrillation is controversial. The aim is to systematic... Read More about ATP and prevention pacing to reduce AF burden in pacemaker patients.

ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment (2019)
Journal Article
Breen, C. J., Kelly, G. P., & Kernohan, W. G. (2022). ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment. Journal of Electrocardiology, 73, 125-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2019.03.010

The recording of 12 lead electrocardiograms (ECG) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. ECGs are used in diagnosis, risk-stratification management decision-making, and assessment in response to therapy. The correct inte... Read More about ECG interpretation skill acquisition: A review of learning, teaching and assessment.

The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Breen, C. (2019, March 6-7). The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance [Presentation / Talk]. Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference (THEconf2019), Dublin.

Introduction: The recording of 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) is one of the most useful and commonly performed medical procedures. Interpretation of the 12-lead ECG involves analysing several waveforms (P, QRS, ST and T waves) which permits the de... Read More about The Evaluation of a smartphone application to assist in novice 12 lead ECG interpretation performance.

A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (2017)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Bond, R., & Finlay, D. (2019). A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram. Health Informatics Journal, 25(1), 51-61. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458216683534

This article reports the design and testing of a novel interactive method, abbreviated to ANALYSE (systemAtic aNALYsiS of Electrocardiography) to assist interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram. 15 participants interpreted a total of 150 12-lead e... Read More about A clinical decision support tool to assist with the interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram.

Data Driven Computer Simulation to Analyse an ECG Limb Lead System Used in Connected Health Environments (2016)
Journal Article
Bond, R., Finlay, D. D., Guldenring, D., & Breen, C. (2016). Data Driven Computer Simulation to Analyse an ECG Limb Lead System Used in Connected Health Environments. Methods of Information in Medicine, 55(03), 258-265. https://doi.org/10.3414/me15-01-0120

Background: Recently under the Connected Health initiative, researchers and small-medium engineering companies have developed Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring devices that incorporate non-standard limb electrode positions, which we have named the C... Read More about Data Driven Computer Simulation to Analyse an ECG Limb Lead System Used in Connected Health Environments.

A novel human-computer interface creating a framework for the cognitive ergonomics of ECG interpretation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cairns, A., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D., Breen, C., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., Henn, P., Gallagher, A., & Peace, A. (2016, October 5). A novel human-computer interface creating a framework for the cognitive ergonomics of ECG interpretation [Poster]. Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference, Cork.

Predominantly the 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation process remains a paper based approach. However, the ECG in this format creates a significant cognitive workload for an interpreter due its complexity and the plethora of knowledge that... Read More about A novel human-computer interface creating a framework for the cognitive ergonomics of ECG interpretation.

A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation (2016)
Journal Article
Cairns, A. W., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D. D., Breen, C., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., Gallagher, A. G., Peace, A. J., & Henn, P. (2016). A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 64, 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2016.09.016

Introduction
The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) presents a plethora of information and demands extensive knowledge and a high cognitive workload to interpret. Whilst the ECG is an important clinical tool, it is frequently incorrectly interpreted. E... Read More about A computer-human interaction model to improve the diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making during 12-lead electrocardiogram interpretation.

The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation (2016)
Journal Article
Breen, C., Zhu, T., Bond, R., Finlay, D., & Clifford, G. (2016). The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation. Journal of Electrocardiology, 49(3), 454-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2016.02.003

Introduction
The aim of this study is to present and evaluate the integration of a low resource JavaScript based ECG training interface (CrowdLabel) and a standardised curriculum for self-guided tuition in ECG interpretation.

Methods
Participant... Read More about The evaluation of an open source online training system for teaching 12 lead electrocardiographic interpretation.

Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cairns, A. W., Bond, R. R., Finlay, D. D., Breen, C. J., Guldenring, D., Gaffney, R., Henn, P., & Peace, A. J. (2015). Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram. 2015 Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cic.2015.7408620

The 12-lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) is an important diagnostic support tool but is frequently incorrectly interpreted. This is partly due to the fact that even expert clinicians can impulsively provide a diagnosis based on first impression/intuition.... Read More about Interactive progressive-based approach to aid the human interpretation of the 12-lead Electrocardiogram.

Diagnosis of the Electrocardiogram Using a Smartphone (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Martin, E., Nugent, C., Bond, R., Finlay, D., & Breen, C. (2014). Diagnosis of the Electrocardiogram Using a Smartphone. 2014 IEEE 27th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/cbms.2014.105

Electrocardiograms can be used for diagnosing various cardiac conditions. They are traditionally printed as a hard copy on thermal graph paper, which a clinician can then use to support the overall diagnosis. Nevertheless, as technology evolves aspec... Read More about Diagnosis of the Electrocardiogram Using a Smartphone.

An evaluation of eye tracking technology in the assessment of 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation (2014)
Journal Article
Breen, C. J., Bond, R., & Finlay, D. (2014). An evaluation of eye tracking technology in the assessment of 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation. Journal of Electrocardiology, 47(6), 922-929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.08.008

Introduction
This study investigated eye tracking technology for 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation to Healthcare Scientist students.

Methods
Participants (n = 33) interpreted ten 12 lead ECG recordings and randomized to receive objectiv... Read More about An evaluation of eye tracking technology in the assessment of 12 lead electrocardiography interpretation.

Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach (2014)
Journal Article
Bond, R. R., Zhu, T., Finlay, D. D., Drew, B., Kligfield, P. D., Guldenring, D., Breen, C., Gallagher, A. G., Daly, M. J., & Clifford, G. D. (2014). Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach. Journal of Electrocardiology, 47(6), 895-906. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2014.07.011

Introduction
It is well known that accurate interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) requires a high degree of skill. There is also a moderate degree of variability among those who interpret the ECG. While this is the case, there are no... Read More about Assessing computerized eye tracking technology for gaining insight into expert interpretation of the 12-lead electrocardiogram: an objective quantitative approach.

Recording a standard 12 - lead electrocardiogram. An approved methodology by the Society of Cardiological Science and Technology (SCST). Clinical guidelines by consensus. (2014)
Other
Baxter, S., Blackman, S., Breen, C., Brown, C., Campbell, B., Cox, C., Eldridge, J., Hutchinson, J., Rees, E., Richley, D., & Ross, C. (2014). Recording a standard 12 - lead electrocardiogram. An approved methodology by the Society of Cardiological Science and Technology (SCST). Clinical guidelines by consensus. Society of Cardiovascular Science and Technology.