Integrating virtual patients into undergraduate health professions curricula: a framework synthesis of stakeholders' opinions based on a systematic literature review

J Fąferek, PL Cariou, I Hege, A Mayer, L Morin… - BMC Medical …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Virtual patients (VPs) are widely used in health professions education.
When they are well integrated into curricula, they are considered to be more effective than …

Teaching note—Technology-enhanced clinical simulations: Tools for practicing clinical skills in online social work programs

M Washburn, S Zhou - Journal of Social Work Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Technology-based simulations provide vehicles for social work students to practice clinical
skills in online environments. This teaching note reviews 2 simulation tools educators may …

Effectiveness of virtual patients in teaching clinical decision‐making skills to dental students

M Mardani, S Cheraghian, SK Naeeni… - Journal of dental …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of virtual patient‐based training
on the clinical decision‐making ability of dental students. Methods This quasi‐experimental …

Virtual patients in health professions education

NPA Quail, JG Boyle - Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 4, 2019 - Springer
Health care professionals must not only have knowledge, but also be able to organise,
synthesise and apply this knowledge in such a way that it promotes the development of …

Increasing competence in wound care: A cross-sectional study to evaluate use of a virtual patient by undergraduate student nurses

C Redmond, P Hardie, C Davies, D Cornally… - Nurse education in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Concerns have arisen internationally over the competency of student nurses to perform
wound care. A global shortage of nursing faculty and clinical practice opportunities is …

The use of virtual patient scenarios as a vehicle for teaching professionalism

HF Marei, MM Al‐Eraky, NN Almasoud… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aimed to measure students' perceptions of virtual patient scenarios
(VPs) for developing ethical reasoning skills and to explore features in VP design that are …

The effectiveness of sequencing virtual patients with lectures in a deductive or inductive learning approach

HF Marei, J Donkers, MM Al-Eraky… - Medical …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: Virtual patients (VPs) can be sequenced with other instructional
methods in different ways. Aim: To investigate the effect of sequencing VPs with lectures in a …

Teaching small animal reproduction via virtual patients

L Vogt, V Duckwitz, SP Arlt, P Haimerl… - … in Domestic Animals, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Virtual patients have become an interesting alternative in medical education. Due to
increasing demands regarding theoretical and clinical teaching and to improve an …

Collaborative use of virtual patients after a lecture enhances learning with minimal investment of cognitive load

HF Marei, J Donkers, MM Al-Eraky… - Medical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The use of virtual patients (VPs), due to their high complexity and/or
inappropriate sequencing with other instructional methods, might cause a high cognitive …

Virtual patient model: an approach for generating synthetic healthcare time series data

R Shamsuddin, BM Maweu, M Li… - 2018 IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we address the problem of research data availability and access in the
healthcare sector, by proposing Virtual Patient Model (VPM) a process that combines the …