Do virtual patients prepare medical students for the real world? Development and application of a framework to compare a virtual patient collection with population data

Do virtual patients prepare medical students for the real world? Development and application of a framework to compare a virtual patient collection with population data

Abstract Background An important aspect of virtual patients (VPs), which are interactive computer-based patient scenarios, is authenticity. This includes design aspects, but also how a VP collection represents a patient population and how a patient is presented in a VP scenario. Therefore, our aim w...

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Main Authors: M. Urresti-Gundlach, D. Tolks, C. Kiessling, M. Wagner-Menghin, A. Härtl, I. Hege
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Subjects:
Virtual patients
Healthcare system
Authenticity
Medical education
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-017-1013-1

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