In just a few years, e-learning has become part of the mainstream in medical education.
While e-learning means many things to many people, at its heart it is concerned with the …

Background Extended reality, which encompasses virtual reality (VR), augmented reality
(AR), and mixed reality (MR), is increasingly used in medical education. Studies assessing …

The medical education community is working—across disciplines and across the continuum—
to address the current challenges facing the medical education system and to implement …

Old forms of education are slowly crumbling under the weight of rapidly advancing computer
and communication technologies along with the demands of learners who have grown up …

Virtual patients as a form of educational intervention can take many forms and can provide
highly effective ways of addressing reduced student access to real patients, the need for …

Accessible summary• Simulation has become a valuable educational tool with a variety of
devices available for use.• Examples of simulation scenarios developed especially for use …

St George's University of London (SGUL) has a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) curriculum
for its undergraduate medicine course, using traditional paper-based patient cases. To …

Collaborative learning through case-based or problem-based learning (PBL) scenarios is an
excellent way for students to acquire knowledge and develop decision-making skills …

Introduction: Although on-screen “virtual patients (VPs)” have been around for decades it is
only now that they are entering the mainstream, and as such they are new to most of the …

2010 was a vintage year for virtual patients (VPs) with an almost continuous sequence of
publications and presentations at the major conferences. Notable examples include AMEE …