Virtual Patients have
been used in medical education for decades. In 2008 St
George’s,
University
of
London
pioneered the development of interactive
Virtual Patient (VP) cases for the teaching of ethics, and supported by funding
from the Joint Information Systems Committee, ethics cases are being
disseminated to 20 medical schools throughout the
UK
, for use and evaluation.
This workshop will present the lessons that can be learnt from embedding Ethics
Virtual Patient (EVP) cases into various professionalism, medical/health care
ethics and medical/health care law curricula and will provide participants with
a hands-on session to learn how to create new, or adapt existing, EVP cases,
tailored to their own requirements.
Workshop Objectives
Participants
attending this workshop will:
- Learn about the
advantages and disadvantages of using Ethical Virtual Patient cases in small
group and large group teaching
- Learn how to create
Ethical Virtual Patient cases and introduced to a range of different VP
authoring software (e.g. Decision Sim, VUE, OpenLabyrinth, MedEdCases Authoring
App)
- Consider the 10 tips
for creating and editing a Virtual Patient
- Analyse the use of
Ethical Virtual Patient cases in formative/summative assessments
- Learn how to embed
EVP cases in ethical, legal and professional curricula.