The role for virtual patients in the future of medical education

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1217-1222

  Berman, Norman B ^a   Durning, Steven J ^b   Fischer, Martin R ^c   Huwendiek, Soren ^d   Triola, Marc M ^e  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84960157338     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001146     Document Type: Review

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