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Virtual patients and nontechnical skills in undergraduate health professional education: an integrative review
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posted on 2016-09-01, 00:00 authored by M Peddle, Margaret BearmanMargaret Bearman, D NestelBackground: Technology enhanced simulation such as virtual patients offer flexible, reproducible, and accessible learning experiences for student to develop nontechnical skills.
Method: Integrative review methods were used to synthesize empirical and theoretical literature to provide a comprehensive understanding of virtual patients in curricula relative to nontechnical skills.
Results: Twenty-eight articles were included in the review. Results suggest interactions with virtual patients develop communication, teamwork, and decision-making. Additional themes related to transfer of learning to practice, socialization into roles, and authenticity emerged.
Conclusions: The educational design of the simulation experience, sequencing learning activities surrounding the virtual patient, and authenticity of the virtual patient interaction are identified as important factors for consideration.
Method: Integrative review methods were used to synthesize empirical and theoretical literature to provide a comprehensive understanding of virtual patients in curricula relative to nontechnical skills.
Results: Twenty-eight articles were included in the review. Results suggest interactions with virtual patients develop communication, teamwork, and decision-making. Additional themes related to transfer of learning to practice, socialization into roles, and authenticity emerged.
Conclusions: The educational design of the simulation experience, sequencing learning activities surrounding the virtual patient, and authenticity of the virtual patient interaction are identified as important factors for consideration.
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Clinical simulation in nursingVolume
12Issue
9Pagination
400 - 410Publisher
ElsevierLocation
Philadelphia, Pa.Publisher DOI
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1876-1399eISSN
1876-1402Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and LearningUsage metrics
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