Experiencing virtual patients in clinical learning: A phenomenological study

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-345

  Edelbring, Samuel ^a   Dastmalchi, Maryam ^b   Hult, Håkan ^c   Lundberg, Ingrid E ^b   Dahlgren, Lars Owe ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Clinical workplace learning; Computerised virtual patients; Experiential learning; Life world perspective; Phenomenology; Research interview

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79960437756     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9265-0     Document Type: Article

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