Title

The Use Of Virtual Patients In Medical School Curricula

Keywords

Clinical simulation; Computerized patients; Medical education; Patient simulation

Abstract

The demonstration of patient-based cases using automated technology [virtual patients (VPs)] has been available to health science educators for a number of decades. Despite the promise of VPs as an easily accessible and moldable platform, their widespread acceptance and integration into medical curricula have been slow. Here, the authors review the technological underpinnings of VPs, summarize the literature regarding the use and limitations of VPs in the healthcare curriculum, describe novel possible applications of the technology, and propose possible directions for future work. © 2012 The American Physiological Society.

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Publication Title

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volume

36

Issue

1

Number of Pages

48-53

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00054.2011

Socpus ID

84859355592 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84859355592

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