scholarly journals Evaluating Virtual Patient Interaction Fidelity With Advanced Communication Skills Learners

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Carnell ◽  
Anna Miles ◽  
Benjamin Lok
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Virtual Patient ◽  
Virtual Patients ◽  
Educational Effectiveness ◽  
Advanced Learners ◽  
Novice Learners ◽  
Patient Interviews ◽  
Patient Interaction ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research in educational medical simulation has drawn attention to the interplay between a simulation’s fidelity and its educational effectiveness. As virtual patients (VPs) are increasingly used in medical simulations for education purposes, a focus on the relationship between virtual patients’ fidelity and educational effectiveness should also be investigated. In this paper, we contribute to this investigation by evaluating the use of a virtual patient selection interface (in which learners interact with a virtual patient via a set of pre-defined choices) with advanced medical communication skills learners. To this end, we integrated virtual patient interviews into a graduate-level course for speech-language therapists over the course of 2 years. In the first cohort, students interacted with three VPs using only a chat interface. In the second cohort, students used both a chat interface and a selection interface to interact with the VPs. Our results suggest that these advanced learners view the selection interfaces as more appropriate for novice learners and that their communication behavior was not significantly affected by using the selection interface. Based on these results, we suggest that selection interfaces may be more appropriate for novice communication skills learners, but for applications in which selection interfaces are to be used with advanced learners, additional design research may be needed to best target these interfaces to advanced learners.

Learner Acceptance of Using Virtual Patient Encounters to Train Foreign Healthcare Professionals in Swedish

2017 ◽  
pp. 379-393
Author(s):  
Uno G. H. Fors ◽  
Olivier Courteille
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Virtual Patient ◽  
Patient Communication ◽  
Virtual Patients ◽  
Educational Value ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Professional Needs ◽  
Almost All

Healthcare professionals need good communication skills to be able to communicate with patients. In such provider-patient communication, the professional needs to be well understood by the patient, but also be able to understand subtle parts of a medical history taking dialogue with worried, sick or mentally affected patients. Virtual Patients (VPs) – learning environments that simulate encounters between a patient and a physician – were used to prepare 26 immigrating professionals in Swedish for healthcare practitioners. The professionals were speaking nine different foreign languages and used two different VP systems to train patient communication. Almost all participants welcomed the use of VPs for training communication in healthcare Swedish and 19 of the 26 users indicated that they considered that VPs should be mandatory to use in future courses. Targeted individual training in provider-patient communication with Virtual Patients seems to be of great educational value and well accepted by immigrating healthcare professionals.

What do speech pathology students gain from virtual patient interviewing? A WHO International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF) analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. bmjstel-2020-000616
Author(s):  
Anna Miles ◽  
Sarah Hayden ◽  
Stephanie Carnell ◽  
Shivashankar Halan ◽  
Ben Lok
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Virtual Patient ◽  
International Classification Of Functioning ◽  
Speech Pathology ◽  
Virtual Patients ◽  
Flesch Reading Ease ◽  
Patient Interviews ◽  
Patient Responses ◽  
Student Questions

BackgroundVirtual patients have an established place in medical education but do virtual patient interviews train holistic clinicians or just diagnosticians? This study explored speech pathology students’ virtual patient interviews using WHO International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health (ICF).MethodsEighteen speech pathology students in their final year of training participated. Students interviewed virtual patients with dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) as part of their curriculum. Student questions and patient responses were coded using established ICF coding. Codes were tallied and compared under categories of body structures, body functions, activities/participation and environmental factors. Flesch Reading Ease was calculated as a measure of health literacy.ResultsConversational turns primarily focused on the ICF component—activity and participation in both student questions and virtual patient responses: 0.03% body structures, 30% body functions—swallowing, 7% body functions—associated, 43% activities/participation and 19% environmental factors. Personal factors such as gender, ethnicity, age or socio-economic situation were not mentioned by student or patient. Patients commented on social impact on self and/or family, sometimes in the absence of targeted student questions. Student and virtual patient Flesch Reading Ease scores were congruent.ConclusionSpeech pathology students naturally matched their virtual patient’s health-literacy level and asked a range of medical and daily living questions. Virtual patients readily offered social impact information to student questions. Computer science: healthcare teams should consider creating virtual patients who challenge students to practise asking sensitive questions and in doing so develop holistic thinkers with competent communication skills.

Application of Practice Oriented–Peer Review for Prosthodontics (PRO-PReP)—A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 009121742199014
Author(s):  
Varsha Murthy ◽  
KR Sethuraman ◽  
Sunayana Choudhury ◽  
R Shakila
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Residency Education ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Difficult Situations ◽  
Balint Method

Objective Communication skills diminish with time and must be applied and updated frequently. Due to various professional constraints, the dentists may not be able to attend training programs to sharpen their skills. During patient interactions, dentists may face difficult situations which they may be unable to handle and, consequently, make them overreact. Therefore, there is a need to provide a platform to freely discuss their feelings, ideas, and take opinion from peers. Methods Training in communication skills customized for dealing with complete denture patients was conducted for the prosthodontic postgraduates. Based on feedback obtained, it was decided to have periodic meetings and the concept of Practice-Oriented–Peer Review for Prosthodontics (PrO-PReP) was introduced. This novel concept is a combination of the Relationship building, exploring Reactions, exploring Content, and Coaching (R2C2) model of residency education and the Balint method. The meetings were scheduled every one or two months based on the available caseload of the patients treated by the postgraduates. Results The thematic analysis of the postgraduates’ self-reflection during the sessions and the video recorded observations (assessed using the Kalamazoo scale) revealed that these sessions were effective in positively engaging the postgraduates to discuss their experiences, reflect on their performances, practice their newly gained skills, and learn from peer sharing. Conclusion The postgraduates felt that they have changed in their working style and were more confident to manage patients. They found such sessions very useful for being updated with the already-learned skills.

The Use of Play Assessment to Examine the Development of Communication Skills in Children who are Deaf-Blind

1994 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.M. Finn ◽  
R.R. Fewell
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Assessment Scale ◽  
Play Assessment ◽  
Play Behaviors ◽  
Nonverbal Skills ◽  
The Relationship

This study evaluated the relationship between the play behaviors of 18 children aged 3–12 who are deaf-blind and their communication skills using the Play Assessment Scale and several multidomain developmental checklists. The results revealed that behaviors observed during play assessment are highly related to ratings of receptive, expressive, and nonverbal skills.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Difference between Virtual and Paper-Based Clinical Cases in Family Medicine Undergraduate Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zalika Klemenc-Ketis ◽  
Branka Cagran ◽  
Dejan Dinevski
Keyword(s):  
Family Medicine ◽  
Virtual Patient ◽  
Educational Outcome ◽  
Factual Knowledge ◽  
Virtual Patients ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Control ◽  
Clinical Cases

Introduction. A “virtual patient” is defined as a computer program which simulates real patients’ cases. The aim of this study was to determine whether the inclusion of virtual patients affects the level of factual knowledge of family medicine students at the undergraduate level. Methods. This was a case-controlled prospective study. The students were randomly divided into experimental (EG: N=51) and control (CG: N=48) groups. The students in the EG were asked to practice diagnosis using virtual patients instead of the paper-based clinical cases which were solved by the students in the CG. The main observed variable in the study was knowledge of family medicine, determined by 50 multiple choice questions (MCQs) about knowledge of family medicine. Results. There were no statistically significant differences in the groups’ initial knowledge. At the final assessment of knowledge, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups, but there was a statistically significant difference between their initial and final knowledge. Conclusions. The study showed that adding virtual patient cases to the curriculum, instead of paper clinical cases, did not affect the level of factual knowledge about family medicine. Virtual patients can be used, but a significant educational outcome is not expected.

6-DOF Motion System of Amphibious Vehicle Driving Simulator Motion Parameter Design Research

2011 ◽  
Vol 460-461 ◽  
pp. 704-709
Author(s):  
Shu Tao Zheng ◽  
Zheng Mao Ye ◽  
Jun Jin ◽  
Jun Wei Han
Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Driving Simulator ◽  
Motion Parameter ◽  
Driving Simulators ◽  
Motion System ◽  
Vehicle Acceleration ◽  
Vehicle Driving Simulator ◽  
Simulator Motion ◽  
Result Analysis ◽  
The Relationship

Vehicle driving simulators are widely employed in training and entertainment utilities because of its safe, economic and efficient. Amphibious vehicle driving simulator was used to simulate amphibious vehicle on land and in water. Because of the motion difference between aircraft and amphibious vehicle, it is necessary to design a reasonable 6-DOF motion system according to the flight simulator motion system standard and vehicle motion parameter. FFT of DSP and PSD were used to analysis the relationship between them. Finally according to the result analysis, a set of reasonable 6-DOF motion system motion parameter was given to realize the driving simulator motion cueing used to reproduce vehicle acceleration.

The Roles of Features and Abstraction in Mechanical Design

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
LeRoy E. Taylor ◽  
Mark R. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Mechanical Design ◽  
Product Modeling ◽  
Product Models ◽  
Mechanical Products ◽  
Unique Framework ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper describes the roles of features and abstraction mechanisms in the mechanical design process, mechanical designs, and product models of mechanical designs. It also describes the relationship between functions and features in mechanical design. It is our experience that many research efforts exist in the areas of design and product modeling and, further, that these efforts must be cataloged and compared. To this end, this paper culminates with the presentation of a multi-dimensional abstraction space which provides a unique framework for (a) comparing mechanical engineering design research efforts, (b) relating conceptual objects used in the life cycle of mechanical products, and (c) defining a product modeling space.

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