European Pharmacy Students' Experience With Virtual Patient Technology
European Pharmacy Students' Experience With Virtual Patient Technology
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DOI：
10.5688/ajpe766106
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Madeira, Filipe
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作者：
Cavaco, Afonso Miguel;Madeira, Filipe
Objective.描述虚拟病人是如何被用来模拟现实生活中的临床场景在欧洲的本科药学教育。194名参加2011年欧洲药学学生协会（EPSA）大会的参与者完成了一项探索性横断面调查工具。在参加EPSA大会的46所大学和23个国家中，只有来自6个不同国家的6所大学的12名学生报告了虚拟患者技术的经验。学生对虚拟病人技术感到满意，并认为它作为教学和学习工具比评估工具更有用。没有使用虚拟患者技术的受访者表示支持其在药学教育中的潜在好处。法国和荷兰学生对虚拟病人技术的兴趣明显低于其他欧洲国家的学生。在欧洲的药学教育中使用的虚拟患者有限，这表明需要采取措施，增加虚拟患者技术的使用和计算机辅助学习在药学教育中的好处。
Objective. To describe how virtual patients are being used to simulate real-life clinical scenarios in undergraduate pharmacy education in Europe.Methods. One hundred ninety-four participants at the 2011 Congress of the European Pharmaceutical Students Association (EPSA) completed an exploratory cross-sectional survey instrument.Results. Of the 46 universities and 23 countries represented at the EPSA Congress, only 12 students from 6 universities in 6 different countries reported having experience with virtual patient technology. The students were satisfied with the virtual patient technology and considered it more useful as a teaching and learning tool than an assessment tool. Respondents who had not used virtual patient technology expressed support regarding its potential benefits in pharmacy education. French and Dutch students were significantly less interested in virtual patient technology than were their counterparts from other European countries.Conclusion. The limited use of virtual patients in pharmacy education in Europe suggests the need for initiatives to increase the use of virtual patient technology and the benefits of computer-assisted learning in pharmacy education.