ArticleSocial work in mental health2020
Virtual Patient Simulations for Brief Assessment of Mental Health Disorders in Integrated Care Settings.
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- Virtual patients with substance use disorders in healthcare professional education: a scoping review.Canadian medical education journal · 2024Article
- Harnessing Innovative Technologies to Train Nurses in Suicide Safety Planning With Hospital Patients: Formative Acceptability Evaluation of an eLearning Continuing Education Training.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Comparing an In-Person and Online Continuing Education Intervention to Improve Professional Decision-Making: A Mixed Methods Study.Research on social work practice · 2024Article
- Psychologists and Integrated Behavioral Health Simulation Training: A Survey of Medical Educators and Perspectives of Directors of Clinical Training.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2024Article
- Computerized Suicide Prevention Clinical Training Simulations: A Pilot Study.Research on social work practice · 2024Article
- "It kinda helped us to be there": students' perspectives on the use of virtual patient software in psychiatry posting.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Education Research: Qualitative Assessment of Virtual Teaching of the Neurological Examination to Students Reveals Importance of Technique, Process, and Documentation.Neurology. Education · 2023Article
- Factors influencing acceptance and trust of chatbots in juvenile offenders' risk assessment training.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Design, implementation and evaluation of a virtual clinical training protocol for midwifery internship in a gynecology course during COVID-19 pandemic: A semi-experimental study.Nurse education today · 2022Article
- Virtual Standardized Patients for Mental Health Education.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Computerized Clinical Training Simulations with Virtual Clients Abusing Alcohol: Initial Feasibility, Acceptability, and Effectiveness.Clinical social work journal · 2021Article
- Using Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy to Enhance Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Identifying Areas of Clinical Adoption and Potential Obstacles.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
This mixed methods pilot investigation evaluated the use of virtual patient simulations for increasing self-efficacy and diagnostic accuracy for common behavioral health concerns within an integrated care setting. A two by three factorial design was employed to evaluate three different simulated training conditions with a sample of 22 Masters level behavioral health students. Results support engagement in virtual patient simulation training to increase students' self-efficacy in brief clinical assessment, and support the use of virtual patient simulations to improve diagnostic accuracy. Results further indicate that virtual patient simulations have sufficient levels of usability and acceptability as a tool for developing brief clinical interviewing skills, and that participants found this method of instruction to be a valuable adjunct to traditional classroom or field based training. Future directions and next steps for the integration of technology enhanced simulations in clinical social services education are explored.
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