Development, implementation and pilot evaluation of a Web-based Virtual Patient Case Simulation environment - Web-SP

被引：98

作者：

Zary N. ^{[1
]}

Johnson G. ^{[2
]}

Boberg J. ^{[3
]}

Fors U.G.H. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Dept. of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet

[2] Dept. of Dentistry, Karolinska Institutet, Box 4064

[3] Dept. of Medical Sciences, University Hospital

来源：

BMC Medical Education | / 6卷 / 1期

关键词：

Patient Case; Virtual Patient; History Question; Case Author; Template Case;

D O I：

10.1186/1472-6920-6-10

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摘要：

Background: The Web-based Simulation of Patients (Web-SP) project was initiated in order to facilitate the use of realistic and interactive virtual patients (VP) in medicine and healthcare education. Web-SP focuses on moving beyond the technology savvy teachers, when integrating simulation-based education into health sciences curricula, by making the creation and use of virtual patients easier. The project strives to provide a common generic platform for design/creation, management, evaluation and sharing of web-based virtual patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate if it was possible to develop a web-based virtual patient case simulation environment where the entire case authoring process might be handled by teachers and which would be flexible enough to be used in different healthcare disciplines. Results: The Web-SP system was constructed to support easy authoring, management and presentation of virtual patient cases. The case authoring environment was found to facilitate for teachers to create full-fledged patient cases without the assistance of computer specialists. Web-SP was successfully implemented at several universities by taking into account key factors such as cost, access, security, scalability and flexibility. Pilot evaluations in medical, dentistry and pharmacy courses shows that students regarded Web-SP as easy to use, engaging and to be of educational value. Cases adapted for all three disciplines were judged to be of significant educational value by the course leaders. Conclusion: The Web-SP system seems to fulfil the aim of providing a common generic platform for creation, management and evaluation of web-based virtual patient cases. The responses regarding the authoring environment indicated that the system might be user-friendly enough to appeal to a majority of the academic staff. In terms of implementation strengths, Web-SP seems to fulfil most needs from course directors and teachers from various educational institutions and disciplines. The system is currently in use or under implementation in several healthcare disciplines at more than ten universities worldwide. Future aims include structuring the exchange of cases between teachers and academic institutions by building a VP library function. We intend to follow up the positive results presented in this paper with other studies looking at the learning outcomes, critical thinking and patient management. Studying the potential of Web-SP as an assessment tool will also be performed. © 2006 Zary et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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