Evaluation of curricular integration of virtual patients: development of a student questionnaire and a reviewer checklist within the electronic virtual patient (eVIP) project

• Autorzy: Huwendiek S. , Haider H. R. , Tönshoff B. , de Leng B.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Introduction: The use of virtual patients in medical education is increasing rapidly. The curricular integration of the e-learning modules is essential for their success. To date, we are not aware of any published standardized instruments to evaluate the curricular integration of virtual patients. Methods: In a literature review, we searched for valuable frameworks for designing a student questionnaire and a teacher checklist concerning the curricular integration of virtual patients. The resulting instruments were reviewed by the electronic Virtual Patient project (eVIP) partners and accordingly refined. The resulting instruments were tested on the target groups and further refined. The resulting student questionnaire was translated into the 6 partner languages, again tested and refined. Results: Student questionnaires in six languages and a reviewer checklist concerning the curricular integration of virtual patients were developed based on a framework informed by the literature. The final student instruments consist of 20 questions, clustered in the following 5 main categories: teaching presence, cognitive presence, social presence, learning effect, and overall judgement. The final reviewer checklist consists of 12 questions characterizing the virtual patient scenario and 24 items around the same 5 main categories. Conclusion: We developed multi-lingual student questionnaires and a teacher checklist, in order to analyze and compare virtual patient curricular integration scenarios around the globe.

Słowa kluczowe

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virtual patient; curricular integration; blended learning; CAMPUS; evaluation; questionnaire

• Wydawca: Uniwersytet Jagielloński - Collegium Medicum ; Index Copernicus Sp. z o.o.
• Czasopismo: Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: Vol. 5, no. 9
• Strony: 35--44
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 19 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Huwendiek S.

• University Children's Hospital Heidelberg
• Centre for Virtual Patients University Hospital Heidelberg

autor

Haider H. R.

• Centre for Virtual Patients University Hospital Heidelberg

autor

Tönshoff B.

• University Children's Hospital Heidelberg

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de Leng B.

• Maastricht University, Dept. of Educational Development and Research

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