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 …

Assessment is resource intensive and needs careful evaluation and response to a learner's
objectives and details of how the target was achieved. Although in medical training …

The aim of this study was to evaluate a web‐based simulation of patients (Web‐SP) program
on learning skills in clinical reasoning and patient evaluation in the oral surgery education of …

Background. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are an emerging trend in online
learning. However, their technology is not yet completely adjusted to the needs of healthcare …

Background Virtual patients are increasingly common tools used in health care education to
foster learning of clinical reasoning skills. One potential way to expand their functionality is …

Medicine has long been regarded as a discipline impossible to teach online. The complexity
of the human organism and the intricacies of the patient-doctor interaction seemed beyond …

Abstract Background Virtual Patients are a well-known and widely used form of interactive
software used to simulate aspects of patient care that students are increasingly less likely to …

Abstract Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are raising extensive attention across
disciplines, while it becomes evident that rethinking of learning designs that work well in …

Background: Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been criticized for focusing on
presentation of short video clip lectures and asking theoretical multiple-choice questions. A …

As connected digital health data becomes more readily available, solutions are emerging to
shorten the typical 17 years of latency in translating validated health knowledge into clinical …