Virtual patients come of age

被引:33
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作者
Ellaway, Rachel H. [1 ]
Poulton, Terry [2 ]
Smothers, Valerie
Greene, Peter
机构
[1] No Ontario Sch Med, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
[2] St Georges Univ London, London, England
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D O I
10.1080/01421590903124765
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
On-screen simulations of clinical settings have been used for educational purposes since the 1970s. Despite this, it is only now that these 'virtual patients' are increasingly forming a part of the medical education mainstream. Enabling factors for these changes include a requirement for more assured clinical encounters, changes in patient availability ( in particular, in tertiary contexts), diminishing technical and cost barriers and ongoing changes in educational practices as a whole. This special edition of Medical Teacher presents a number of papers covering key factors in the development, use and evaluation of virtual patients in contemporary medical education practice.
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