Trial reportInternational journal of medical education2018
Learning through a virtual patient vs. recorded lecture: a comparison of knowledge retention in a trauma case.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline 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
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- Evidence-Based Cognitive Endoscopy Simulators: Do They Exist? A Systematic Search and Evaluation of Existing Platforms.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior about Antimicrobial Use and Resistance among Medical, Nursing and Pharmacy Students in Jordan: A Cross Sectional Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Simulation-Based Education in Trauma Management: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A scoping review: virtual patients for communication skills in medical undergraduates.BMC medical education · 2022Article
- Comparing learning retention in medical students using mixed-reality to supplement dissection: a preliminary study.International journal of medical education · 2022Article
- The Effect of a Sepsis Interprofessional Education Using Virtual Patient Telesimulation on Sepsis Team Care in Clinical Practice: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Education.The Journal of surgical research · 2021Article
- The Code Silver Exercise: a low-cost simulation alternative to prepare hospitals for an active shooter event.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2021Article
- Lessons Learned from the Usability Evaluation of a Simulated Patient Dialogue System.Journal of medical systems · 2021Article
- Trauma and orthopaedics training amid COVID-19: A medical student's perspective.Acta orthopaedica · 2020Article
- 360 virtual reality pediatric mass casualty incident: A cross sectional observational study of triage and out-of-hospital intervention accuracy at a national conference.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2020Article
- VIDA-Nursing v1.0: immersive virtual reality in vacuum blood collection among adults.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2020Article
- Clinical Skills Simulation Complementing Core Content: Development of the Simulation Lab Integrated Curriculum Experience (SLICE).Medical science educator · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare medical students' and residents' knowledge retention of assessment, diagnosis and treatment procedures, as well as a learning experience, of patients with spinal trauma after training with either a Virtual Patient case or a video-recorded traditional lecture.
methodsA total of 170 volunteers (85 medical students and 85 residents in orthopedic surgery) were randomly allocated (stratified for student/resident and gender) to either a video-recorded standard lecture or a Virtual Patient-based training session where they interactively assessed a clinical case portraying a motorcycle accident. The knowledge retention was assessed by a test immediately following the educational intervention and repeated after a minimum of 2 months. Participants' learning experiences were evaluated with exit questionnaires. A repeated-measures analysis of variance was applied on knowledge scores. A total of 81% (n = 138) of the participants completed both tests.
resultsThere was a small but significant decline in first and second test results for both groups (F
conclusionsParticipants' levels engagement were reported in favor of the VP format. Similar knowledge retention was achieved through either a Virtual Patient or a recorded lecture.
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