Purpose To examine the evidence supporting the use of simulation-based assessments as
surrogates for patient-related outcomes assessed in the workplace. Method The authors …

Background Use of virtual patient educational tools could fill the current gap in the teaching
of clinical reasoning skills. However, there is a limited understanding of their effectiveness …

The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was first described by Harden in
1975 as an alternative to the existing methods of assessing clinical performance (Harden et …

The organisation, administration and running of a successful OSCE programme need
considerable knowledge, experience and planning. Different teams looking after various …

As the medical education community celebrates the 100th anniversary of the seminal
Flexner Report, medical education is once again experiencing significant pressure to …

In recent years, many studies have researched the impact of teachers' professional
knowledge on teaching quality. Those findings are still ambiguous providing unclear …

OBJECTIVES: Considering the expense of standardized patients (SP) for training
communication skills and the convenience of peer role playing (RP) there is a surprising …

Background: Simulation in healthcare lacks a dedicated framework and supporting
taxonomy for instructional design (ID) to assist educators in creating appropriate simulation …

A meta-analysis was performed to assess the Effect Size (ES) from randomized studies
comparing the effect of educational interventions in which Virtual patients (VPs) were used …

Objective To present literature on training patients in the use of effective communication
skills. Methods Systematic searches were conducted in six databases. References were …