Project Objectives
The key long-term objective of this project has been the generation of an outcomes-linked web-based E-learning resource (A Virtual Patient Model) to be used in an integrative manner across system panels and clinical modules of the curriculum.
Description of process and deliverables
In this project the deliverables are Two Virtual Patient Models to be used in a system-integrated manner – these Virtual Patient’s are presented as a series of clinically- oriented problems. Students login using a unique identifier and answer questions related to a complex multistep and multisystem clinical problem. These questions are designed to penetrate student understanding of basic sciences, mechanisms of disease, and involve integration of knowledge gained during the years of system panel teaching in medicine.
We have also created a unique and user-friendly GUI-based platform to develop Virtual Patient Models, making it easy for clinicians to develop a range of VP designs – including those in which there is a linear flow as well as those with multiple pathways and branching nodes.
Dissemination of results & deliverables
Preliminary results have been shared and presented at a number of international meetings.
