Trial reportAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2014
Online virtual-patient cases versus traditional problem-based learning in advanced pharmacy practice experiences.
Trial report in American journal of pharmaceutical education, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Virtual Patient Simulations in Health Professions Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Digital Problem-Based Learning in Health Professions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Virtual Versus Paper-based Cases in Reinforcing the Collect and Assess Elements of the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2020Trial
- A virtual patient-based training program to enhance clinical decision-making competencies in general practice residents: mixed-methods study.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Barriers and Facilitators of Using MyDispense from the Student Perspective: A Systematic Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Implementation of Virtual Interactive Cases for Pharmacy Education: A Single-Center Experience.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2024Review
- Virtual versus paper-based PBL in a pulmonology course for medical undergraduates.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Potential Barriers to the Implementation of Computer-Based Simulation in Pharmacy Education: A Systematic Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Computer-Based Simulators in Pharmacy Practice Education: A Systematic Narrative Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Implementation and Assessment of a Heart Failure Virtual Patient Simulation in a Required Pharmacotherapy Course.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2022Observational
- When a Pharmacist Health Assessment Simulation Becomes a Real Patient-Provider Experience.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2022Article
- Simulation-Based Education Implementation in Pharmacy Curriculum: A Review of the Current Status.Advances in medical education and practice · 2022Review
- Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2021Article
- Readiness, Reception, and Performance of Students in a Communications Course Delivered Amid the Pandemic.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2021Article
- Enhancing Student Knowledge of Diabetes through Virtual Choose Your Own Adventure Patient Case Format.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The effect of PBL combined with comparative nursing rounds on the teaching of nursing for traumatology.American journal of translational research · 2021Article
- Interactive Clinical Avatar Use in Pharmacist Preregistration Training: Design and Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Review
- Pharmacy Students' Perceptions and Performance on the Use of an Online Virtual Experience Tool for Practicing Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of faculty-led problem-based learning (PBL) vs online simulated-patient case in fourth-year (P4) pharmacy students.
designFourth-year pharmacy students were randomly assigned to participate in either online branched-case learning using a virtual simulation platform or a small-group discussion. Preexperience and postexperience student assessments and a survey instrument were completed. EVALUATION: While there were no significant differences in the preexperience test scores between the groups, there was a significant increase in scores in both the virtual-patient group and the PBL group between the preexperience and postexperience tests. The PBL group had higher postexperience test scores (74.8±11.7) than did the virtual-patient group (66.5±13.6) (p=0.001).
conclusionThe PBL method demonstrated significantly greater improvement in postexperience test scores than did the virtual-patient method. Both were successful learning methods, suggesting that a diverse approach to simulated patient cases may reach more student learning styles.
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