Evaluation of virtual patient cases for teaching diagnostic and management skills in internal medicine: A mixed methods study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Jeimy, Samira ^a   Wang, Jenny Yujing ^b   Richardson, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CanMEDS; Internal medicine; Medical curriculum; Medical education; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 85048077666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3463-x     Document Type: Article

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