NY Sle =3 Management App Development GuidebookTable of Contents Why Emsy? Prototyping Schedule Usability Test Style Guide Principles Components Sign In/ Up Emsy Intro. Main Menu Journal Entry Progress Community Journal (History) Profile SettingsWhy EMSy? Purpose Ideally, Junior Paramedics develop self- competent stress management strategies. To facilitate the development of expertise in dealing with stress, the EMSy app will accomplish 3 main Features: Serve as a Journal for Junior Paramedics to record and track their stress management strategies. Benefits: customized entry and tracking of data entered by users Provide a method of collaboration in a non- hierarchical environment between Junior Paramedics and their colleagues, including supervisors Benefits: Comments and posts shared to the Facebook group or generated inside the app are indexed and tagged to be readily accessible to users Develop a community of practice who adds. stress management strategies to serve as reference for Paramedics Benefits: The user content generated by the App is based both on digital media resources (shared websites, blogs, videos) as well as on Paramedics’ actual context Contributors The idea for the EMSy App came about after interviews with former Junior Paramedics - they have successfully completed their 6 months. probation period and were more than share their notes and strategies about stress management and their experiences trying to share their knowledge and enthusiasm for the Paramedics professions. An Advanced Care Paramedic, who has been a supervisor For most of their career and is now teaching in CEGEP, served as a Subject Matter Expert on Paramedics tasks, daily environmental constraints associated with the job, as well as issues in stress management they identified in their student population. EMSY Users The App is designed having in mind Junior Paramedics as the main users. However, as evidence by the needs analysis conducted prior to prototyping EMSy, the need for building a community of practice centered around developing stress management expertise entails additional performers, from seasoned Paramedics colleagues and supervisors, to Paramedics who go through stressful interventions regardless of stress management. expertise. By designing EMSy for different levels of performance, from users new to self-reflection and sharing of strategies, to users familiar with journaling and note-taking practices for stress relief and gaining expertise, the App provides similar benefits of stress reduction for any Paramedics willing to improve their stress management performance.