scholarly journals Digital Health Professions Education on Diabetes Management: Systematic Review by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

10.2196/12997 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. e12997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhilian Huang ◽  
Monika Semwal ◽  
Shuen Yee Lee ◽  
Mervin Tee ◽  
William Ong ◽  
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10.2196/12959 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. e12959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Nakul Saxena ◽  
Pawel Posadzki ◽  
Jitka Vseteckova ◽  
Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou ◽  
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10.2196/14676 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. e14676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej A Kononowicz ◽  
Luke A Woodham ◽  
Samuel Edelbring ◽  
Natalia Stathakarou ◽  
David Davies ◽  
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10.2196/12937 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. e12937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard Dunleavy ◽  
Charoula Konstantia Nikolaou ◽  
Sokratis Nifakos ◽  
Rifat Atun ◽  
Gloria Chun Yi Law ◽  
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10.2196/13000 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. e13000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Semwal ◽  
Penny Whiting ◽  
Ram Bajpai ◽  
Shweta Bajpai ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
...  


2020 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 103512
Author(s):  
Laura Martinengo ◽  
Natalie Jia Ying Yeo ◽  
Kasturi D/O Markandran ◽  
Maja Olsson ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
...  




2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Lorainne Tudor Car ◽  
Louise Sandra van Galen ◽  
Michiel A van Agtmael ◽  
Céire E. Costelloe ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej A Kononowicz ◽  
Luke A Woodham ◽  
Samuel Edelbring ◽  
Natalia Stathakarou ◽  
David Davies ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND Virtual patients are interactive digital simulations of clinical scenarios for the purpose of health professions education. There is no current collated evidence on the effectiveness of this form of education. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual patients compared with traditional education, blended with traditional education, compared with other types of digital education, and design variants of virtual patients in health professions education. The outcomes of interest were knowledge, skills, attitudes, and satisfaction. METHODS We performed a systematic review on the effectiveness of virtual patient simulations in pre- and postregistration health professions education following Cochrane methodology. We searched 7 databases from the year 1990 up to September 2018. No language restrictions were applied. We included randomized controlled trials and cluster randomized trials. We independently selected studies, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias and then compared the information in pairs. We contacted study authors for additional information if necessary. All pooled analyses were based on random-effects models. RESULTS A total of 51 trials involving 4696 participants met our inclusion criteria. Furthermore, 25 studies compared virtual patients with traditional education, 11 studies investigated virtual patients as blended learning, 5 studies compared virtual patients with different forms of digital education, and 10 studies compared different design variants. The pooled analysis of studies comparing the effect of virtual patients to traditional education showed similar results for knowledge (standardized mean difference [SMD]=0.11, 95% CI −0.17 to 0.39, I2=74%, n=927) and favored virtual patients for skills (SMD=0.90, 95% CI 0.49 to 1.32, I2=88%, n=897). Studies measuring attitudes and satisfaction predominantly used surveys with item-by-item comparison. Trials comparing virtual patients with different forms of digital education and design variants were not numerous enough to give clear recommendations. Several methodological limitations in the included studies and heterogeneity contributed to a generally low quality of evidence. CONCLUSIONS Low to modest and mixed evidence suggests that when compared with traditional education, virtual patients can more effectively improve skills, and at least as effectively improve knowledge. The skills that improved were clinical reasoning, procedural skills, and a mix of procedural and team skills. We found evidence of effectiveness in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries, demonstrating the global applicability of virtual patients. Further research should explore the utility of different design variants of virtual patients.



2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawel Posadzki ◽  
Malgorzata M Bala ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Monika Semwal ◽  
Ushashree Divakar ◽  
...  


BMC Medicine ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorainne Tudor Car ◽  
Aijia Soong ◽  
Bhone Myint Kyaw ◽  
Kee Leng Chua ◽  
Naomi Low-Beer ◽  
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