Learning technology in health professions education: Realising an (un) imagined future

R Grainger, Q Liu, T Gladman - Medical Education, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Context Technology is being introduced, used and studied in almost all areas of health
professions education (HPE), often with a claim of making HPE better in one way or another …

Digital learning and teaching in medical education: Already there or still at the beginning?

S Kuhn, S Frankenhauser, D Tolks - Bundesgesundheitsblatt …, 2018 - Springer
The current choice of digital teaching and learning formats in medicine is very
heterogeneous. In addition to the widely used classical static formats, social communication …

[HTML][HTML] Nursing students' perceptions of combining hands-on simulation with simulated patients and a serious game in preparing for clinical placement in home …

HM Johnsen, HS Briseid, K Brodtkorb, Å Slettebø… - Nurse Education …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background There is a growing demand to provide complex healthcare services in patients'
own homes. However, high quality home healthcare clinical placements are often difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] A qualitative analysis of virtual patient descriptions in healthcare education based on a systematic literature review

I Hege, AA Kononowicz, D Tolks, S Edelbring… - BMC medical …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Virtual Patients (VPs) have been in the focus of research in healthcare
education for many years. The aim of our study was to analyze how virtual patients are …

[HTML][HTML] An innovative blended learning approach using virtual patients as preparation for skills laboratory training: perceptions of students and tutors

R Lehmann, HM Bosse, A Simon, C Nikendei… - BMC medical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Currently only a few reports exist on how to prepare medical students for skills
laboratory training. We investigated how students and tutors perceive a blended learning …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing clinical reasoning in virtual patients–development and application of a conceptual framework

I Hege, AA Kononowicz, NB Berman… - GMS journal for …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Clinical reasoning is a complex skill students have to acquire during their
education. For educators it is difficult to explain their reasoning to students, because it is …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring design requirements for repurposing dental virtual patients from the web to second life: a focus group study

PE Antoniou, CA Athanasopoulou, E Dafli… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - jmir.org
Background: Since their inception, virtual patients have provided health care educators with
a way to engage learners in an experience simulating the clinician's environment without …

[HTML][HTML] Do virtual patients prepare medical students for the real world? Development and application of a framework to compare a virtual patient collection with …

M Urresti-Gundlach, D Tolks, C Kiessling… - BMC medical …, 2017 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] 'This Adds Another Perspective': Qualitative Descriptive Study Evaluating Simulation-Based Training for Health Care Assistants, to Enhance the Quality of …

C Aicken, L Hodgson, K De Vries, I Wilkinson… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Much of the UK's ageing population lives in care homes, often with complex care needs
including dementia. Optimal care requires strong clinical leadership, but opportunities for …

Learner preferences regarding integrating, sequencing and aligning virtual patients with other activities in the undergraduate medical curriculum: A focus group study

S Huwendiek, C Duncker, F Reichert, BA De Leng… - Medical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Context: E-learning resources, such as virtual patients (VPs), can be more effective when
they are integrated in the curriculum. To gain insights that can inform guidelines for the …