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Out of Emergency: How Doctors Navigate Jurisdictional Seams in Emergency Care Referrals
Aloha Hufana Ambe (The University of Queensland, Australia), Isaac Salisbury (The University of Queensland, Australia), Tobias Grundgeiger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany), Daniel Bodnar (Royal Brisbane, Women's Hospital, Australia), Sean Rothwell (Royal Brisbane, Women's Hospital, Australia), Dr Nathan Brown (Royal Brisbane, Women's Hospital, Australia), Ben Matthews (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Honorable MentionAbstract | Tags: Honorable Mention, Papers | Links:
@inproceedings{Ambe2026OutEmergency,
title = {Out of Emergency: How Doctors Navigate Jurisdictional Seams in Emergency Care Referrals},
author = {Aloha Hufana Ambe (The University of Queensland, Australia), Isaac Salisbury (The University of Queensland, Australia), Tobias Grundgeiger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany), Daniel Bodnar (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia), Sean Rothwell (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia), Dr Nathan Brown (Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Australia), Ben Matthews (The University of Queensland, Australia)},
url = {https://www.mcm.uni-wuerzburg.de/psyergo/, website},
doi = {10.1145/3772318.3790619},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-13},
urldate = {2026-04-13},
abstract = {Referrals from the emergency department (ED) to inpatient teams are routine but high-stakes interactions, yet little is known about how they are accomplished in practice. Prior work often treats referrals as information transfer and emphasises structural tensions between departments, paying limited attention to the interactional detail of referral calls. To address this gap, we draw on a year of ethnographic fieldwork that includes seventeen recorded referral calls in a metropolitan ED. We show how clinicians manage jurisdictional seams through fine-grained conversational moves, and identify navigation strategies: tentative framing, preference-sensitive questioning, implicit acknowledgement of boundaries, offers of assistance and calibrated displays of competence. We demonstrate how the patient’s case is not treated as a fixed record but is reshaped in talk to align with different specialties, operating as a dynamic object. These insights extend accounts of boundary work and contribute to the design of supportive referral tools and training practices.},
keywords = {Honorable Mention, Papers},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Referrals from the emergency department (ED) to inpatient teams are routine but high-stakes interactions, yet little is known about how they are accomplished in practice. Prior work often treats referrals as information transfer and emphasises structural tensions between departments, paying limited attention to the interactional detail of referral calls. To address this gap, we draw on a year of ethnographic fieldwork that includes seventeen recorded referral calls in a metropolitan ED. We show how clinicians manage jurisdictional seams through fine-grained conversational moves, and identify navigation strategies: tentative framing, preference-sensitive questioning, implicit acknowledgement of boundaries, offers of assistance and calibrated displays of competence. We demonstrate how the patient’s case is not treated as a fixed record but is reshaped in talk to align with different specialties, operating as a dynamic object. These insights extend accounts of boundary work and contribute to the design of supportive referral tools and training practices.
Show Me How to Play: Exploring Self-Modeling for Onboarding in Virtual Reality Exergames
Sukran Karaosmanoglu (Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Hamburg), Silas Ueberschaer (Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Hamburg), Sebastian Cmentowski (Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology), Frank Steinicke (Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Hamburg)
Honorable MentionAbstract | Tags: Honorable Mention, Papers | Links:
@inproceedings{Karaosmanoglu2026ShowMe,
title = {Show Me How to Play: Exploring Self-Modeling for Onboarding in Virtual Reality Exergames},
author = {Sukran Karaosmanoglu (Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Hamburg), Silas Ueberschaer (Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Hamburg), Sebastian Cmentowski (Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology), Frank Steinicke (Human-Computer Interaction, Universität Hamburg)},
url = {https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/hci.html, website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-steinicke-b239639/, lab's linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sukran-karaosmanoglu/, author's linkedin},
doi = {10.1145/3772318.3790333},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-13},
urldate = {2026-04-13},
abstract = {Exergames combine motivating game elements with bodily movement to encourage physical activity. However, onboarding players to perform correct movements remains a challenge, especially in virtual reality (VR) environments where safety and performance are critical. Drawing inspiration from sports training and learning sciences, we contrast two onboarding approaches: (i) trial-and-error and (ii) observational learning via a novel self-model tutorial. In this tutorial, players temporarily lose agency and observe their own avatar performing the movements, leveraging VR’s unique affordances for embodied experiences. To explore which of these two approaches yields a better performance and player experience, we conducted a between-participants study (N=60), comparing them against a baseline condition without a tutorial. Our findings show that the self-model tutorial not only improves players' performance but also increases the perceived ease of control and progress feedback. We discuss tradeoffs and implications for the design of future onboarding experiences in VR exergames.},
keywords = {Honorable Mention, Papers},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Exergames combine motivating game elements with bodily movement to encourage physical activity. However, onboarding players to perform correct movements remains a challenge, especially in virtual reality (VR) environments where safety and performance are critical. Drawing inspiration from sports training and learning sciences, we contrast two onboarding approaches: (i) trial-and-error and (ii) observational learning via a novel self-model tutorial. In this tutorial, players temporarily lose agency and observe their own avatar performing the movements, leveraging VR’s unique affordances for embodied experiences. To explore which of these two approaches yields a better performance and player experience, we conducted a between-participants study (N=60), comparing them against a baseline condition without a tutorial. Our findings show that the self-model tutorial not only improves players' performance but also increases the perceived ease of control and progress feedback. We discuss tradeoffs and implications for the design of future onboarding experiences in VR exergames.