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A qualitative analysis of virtual patient descriptions in healthcare education based on a systematic literature review

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Title
A qualitative analysis of virtual patient descriptions in healthcare education based on a systematic literature review
Published in
BMC Medical Education, May 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12909-016-0655-8
Pubmed ID
27177766
Authors

Inga Hege, Andrzej A. Kononowicz, Daniel Tolks, Samuel Edelbring, Katja Kuehlmeyer

Abstract

Virtual Patients (VPs) have been in the focus of research in healthcare education for many years. The aim of our study was to analyze how virtual patients are described in the healthcare education literature, and how the identified concepts relate to each other. We performed a literature review and extracted 185 descriptions of virtual patients from the articles. In a qualitative content analysis approach we inductively-deductively developed categories and deducted subcategories. We constructed a concept map to illustrate these concepts and their interrelations. We developed the following five main categories: Patient, Teacher, Virtual Patient, Curriculum, and Learner. The concept map includes these categories and highlights aspects such as the under-valued role of patients in shaping their virtual representation and opposing concepts, such as standardization of learner activity versus learner-centeredness. The presented concept map synthesizes VP descriptions and serves as a basis for both, VP use and discussions of research topics related to virtual patients.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ireland 1 <1%
Unknown 101 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 20 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 14%
Researcher 13 13%
Student > Bachelor 12 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 10 10%
Other 18 18%
Unknown 15 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 21%
Computer Science 16 16%
Social Sciences 15 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 13%
Psychology 5 5%
Other 12 12%
Unknown 20 20%

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#6,778,841
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