Presentations from the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Meeting are available from the MedBiquitous website.
What is the state of play with virtual patients?
Dr Rachel Ellaway from the University of Northern Ontario in Canada talks about where we are at with the research and development of virtual patients. According to Rachel, there is a critical piece in any area of research, between innovation and creation, and then going towards it being used. “The piece that is really troubling […]
Virtual Patients bring together fragmented e-learning tools
Dr Bas de Leng from Maastricht University describes the advantages of virtual patients, including their ability to bring together and present various e-learning tools in a unitary programme.
Taking virtual patients into the workforce
During the recent 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Meeting, Rosalyn Scott, MD, from CTSNet in the US talked about issues in social media in medical education, asking how can social media bridge the relationship between student and learner? As she explained, social media is a “powerful tool where students can be […]
Collaboration around innovation: The success of the team defines the success of the technology
Peter Greene, Executive Director of MedBiquitous, describes how collaboration drives innovation, and how the success of the team determines the success of the technology. “The key is to strike the balance between diversity and specialisation,” he says. “We often bring together a very diverse group of people. People who are experts in areas of technology, […]
How can we use VPs to transform healthcare?
Peter Greene, the Executive Director of MedBiquitous opened the recent 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Meeting, and describes how the impact of technology can drive innovation and successful collaborations, with the ultimate goal of using virtual patients to transform healthcare.
Integration of e-learning tools can transform the curriculum
Over the past decade a wide range of e-learning tools have been developed, yet many are yet to be fully integrated into the medical curricula. One possibility for this, explains Dr Terry Poulton from the e-Learning Unit at St George’s University of London, is that the technology is “too fragmented”.
There was little technical innovation at ICVP 2010, “And that’s a good thing!”
During the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Meeting Dr Rachel Ellaway from the University of Northern Ontario Medical School in Canada talks about technical innovation and the future of e-learning.
Social Media in Medical Education: “There is still work to be done”
Rosalyn Scott, MD, a member of CTSNet, a not-for profit organisation created by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (EACTS), shared her thoughts of the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Meeting.
“Technology Can Flatten the World”
During the closing session of the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients and MedBiquitous Annual Meeting, Dr Bas de Leng from Maastricht University in The Netherlands shared his thoughts on the week’s events.