Method Participants. All 126 first-year medical students at the University of Nebraska
Medical Center College of Medicine were invited to participate in this study in 1999; of these …

The need to improve the teaching and assessing of students' procedural skills has been well
0 encounters, often with little or no supervision. Assessment of these skills has depended on …

Introduction: We have evaluated medical student ability in a problem-based learning course
using a Virtual Patient (VP)-based exam with variable parameters for assessment purposes …

In recent years, simulation has increasingly underpinned the acquisition of pre-clinical skills
by undergraduate medical imaging (diagnostic radiography) students. This project aimed to …

Purpose “Virtual patients” are computer-based simulations designed to complement clinical
training. These applications possess numerous educational benefits but are costly to …

Background: Web-based clinical cases (“virtual patients”, VPs) provide the potential for valid,
cost-effective teaching and assessment of clinical skills, especially clinical reasoning skills …

Virtual reality (VR) is gaining recognition for its enormous educational potential. While not
yet in the mainstream of academic medical training, many prototype and first-generation VR …

BACKGROUND: We developed computer‐based virtual patient (VP) cases to complement
an interactive continuing medical education (CME) course that emphasizes skills practice …

The concept of “learning by doing” has become less acceptable, particularly when invasive
procedures and high‐risk care are required. Restrictions on medical educators have …

Changes in medical practice that limit patient availability and instructors' time have resulted
in poor physical diagnosis skills by learners at all levels. Advanced simulation technology …