The use of virtual patients to assess the clinical skills and reasoning of medical students: Initial insights on student acceptance

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 739-742

  Gesundheit, Neil ^a,b   Brutlag, Pauline ^a,b   Youngblood, Patricia ^a,b   Gunning, William T ^a,b   Zary, Nabil ^a,b   Fors, Uno ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77449127162     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590903126489     Document Type: Article

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