Attitude and satisfaction outcomes were mostly measured by item-by-item survey comparisons and showed generally positive but mixed results¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r3 · q2
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q2 i? Students were generally satisfied with virtual patients, but results were mixed: in 4 studies most items favored virtual patients, in 7 most items were indifferent, and in 1 study most items favored mannequin-based training. → Kononowicz AA 2019 q2 i? Some studies found diminished confidence with virtual patients, including one where more self-assessment items were scored lower in the virtual patient group. → Kononowicz AA 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Kononowicz AA 2019¶

Kononowicz AA, Woodham LA, Edelbring S, Stathakarou N, Davies D, Saxena N, Tudor Car L, Carlstedt-Duke J, Car J, Zary N. (2019). Virtual Patient Simulations in Health Professions Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/14676

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Narrative synthesis of 17 satisfaction studies, all using questionnaires compared item-by-item; results were mixed across preference, indifference, and one study where mannequin-based training was better rated on most items. Not amenable to meta-analysis.

"In 4 studies, the majority of the items indicated preference for the virtual patient intervention, in comparison with lecture [63], reading assignment [67], video-based learning [89], and Web tutorial [88]. In 7 studies, most items were indifferent between the groups [53,59,62,65,66,74,92]."

Kononowicz AA 2019 (2)¶

Kononowicz AA, Woodham LA, Edelbring S, Stathakarou N, Davies D, Saxena N, Tudor Car L, Carlstedt-Duke J, Car J, Zary N. (2019). Virtual Patient Simulations in Health Professions Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration. Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/14676

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

Narrative synthesis of 11 attitudinal-outcome studies; the review notes diminished confidence in one study despite no observable differences or better objective performance, which the authors attribute to possible disbelief in computer-based methods or anxiety about losing patient contact.

"In the study by Williams et al [77], more items related to self-assessment of competences (in dealing with ethical aspects and managing anxiety) were scored lower in the virtual patient group than in the traditional education groups."

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