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Using the MedBiquitous Virtual Patient standard to analyse formative assessment
Jörn Heid from University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany, outlined how the standardization of the MVP allows the development of additional standards.
How Long Does it Take To Repurpose a Virtual Patient?
One of the key issues regarding virtual patients is the time and effort involved in the repurposing process.
Web 2.0 and Cultural Immersion in Australia’s Northern Territory
For medical students developing empathy is important, particularly in cross-cultural environments such as the Northern Territory in Australia. Perhaps in this context, Web 2.0 technologies in education really can come into their own.
Dipping into the Virtual Patient Pool at the University of Helsinki
The Virtual Patient Pool (VPP) is “a teacher friendly method of authoring virtual patient cases,” explained Romanov.
Reducing Cognitive Errors in Clinical Reasoning
Dr Bas de Leng from Maastricht University, The Netherlands, outlined his approach of combining virtual patients with ‘diagnostic time out’ to promote reflective practice in clinical reasoning.
Enhancing clinical reasoning using probabilistically generated VP cases
Dr Jeroen Donkers, from the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands described his research looking at using artificial intelligence and probability to generate virtual patients.
Saving time and ensuring content fidelity in VP creation
“Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to make better virtual patients” says Janet Tworek from the University of Calgary, Canada. Statements like this are bound to catch our attention!
ICVP 2010 Rough Guide to the Web: Part Three
One of the key features of Web 2.0 is the ability to collaborate on the creation of online content. Google Docs is a great example of free web-based software that provides text documents, spreadsheets and data storage, where access can be shared.
Collaboration and Evolution with Virtual Patient Creation
Dr Daphne Vassiliou, from Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden described how she and colleagues introduced virtual patients into their curriculum, and the challenges of maintaining those VPs
