ArticleAmerican journal of pharmaceutical education2014
Use of virtual patients in an advanced therapeutics pharmacy course to promote active, patient-centered learning.
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- Computer-Based Simulators in Pharmacy Practice Education: A Systematic Narrative Review.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Implementation and Assessment of a Heart Failure Virtual Patient Simulation in a Required Pharmacotherapy Course.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2022Observational
- Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2021Article
- Interactive Clinical Avatar Use in Pharmacist Preregistration Training: Design and Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Review
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- Implementation of Mock Acute Care Advance Pharmacy Practice Experience Simulations and an Assessment Rubric.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2019Article
- Integration of a Community Pharmacy Simulation Program into a Therapeutics Course.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2018Article
- Evaluation of the Use of a Virtual Patient on Student Competence and Confidence in Performing Simulated Clinic Visits.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2017Article
- Pharmacy Students' Attitudes and Perceptions of "Virtual Worlds" as an Instructional Tool for Clinical Pharmacy Teaching.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017Article
- Combination of a Flipped Classroom Format and a Virtual Patient Case to Enhance Active Learning in a Required Therapeutics Course.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2016Article
- Virtual Patient Case Sharing Across Two Schools of Pharmacy.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2016Article
- A Scenario-Based Virtual Patient Program to Support Substance Misuse Education.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2016Article
- Impact of a Paper vs Virtual Simulated Patient Case on Student-Perceived Confidence and Engagement.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2016Article
- Use of a fictitious community-based virtual teaching platform to aid in the teaching of pharmacy practice skills: Student perspectives after initial implementation.Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess student satisfaction and learning of course objectives following the integration of virtual patient cases designed to promote active, patient-centered learning in an advanced therapeutics pharmacy course.
designA dynamic virtual patient platform that incorporated a branched-narrative, decision-making teaching model was used in an advanced therapeutics course to supplement lecture content. ASSESSMENT: Presimulation and postsimulation tests were used to assess student learning. The use of virtual patients significantly enhanced student learning for both higher- and lower-level test questions (p<0.001 and p=0.01, respectively). Students agreed or strongly agreed that the virtual patient cases provided an effective way to learn (72%), were enjoyable (69%), and were appropriate in content (80%), and that more should be incorporated (59%).
conclusionThe use of virtual patients in an advanced therapeutics practicum effectively promoted active, patient-centered learning; engaged students in an interactive and dynamic educational technology; encouraged teamwork; enhanced higher-level student learning; and improved student satisfaction in the course.
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