The virtual-patient pilot: Testing a new tool for undergraduate surgical education and assessment

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 394-401

  Yang, Rachel L ^a   Hashimoto, Daniel A ^a   Predina, Jarrod D ^a   Bowens, Nina M ^a   Sonnenberg, Elizabeth M ^a   Cleveland, Emily C ^a   Lawson, Charlotte ^a   Morris, Jon B ^a   Kelz, Rachel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; medical educa tion; simulation; virtual patient; web based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VIRTUAL PATIENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84876534018     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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