Accepted Type
Facilitated and Dedicated Poster
Code
P5 - 03
Acceptance Declaration
Accept
Additional Information
I declare I have no actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this program.
Was this work accepted for CCME 2020?
no
Category
General Call (Workshop, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation)
Type
Oral
Sub Type
Education Innovation
Will the presenter be a:
Other
Presenter Other
Faculty
Affiliation
Considered for Poster
yes
Title
Developing Interviewing and Clinical Reasoning Skills with a Novel Low-Cost Virtual Patient Simulator
Length of Presentation
Background/Purpose
Good interview skills are crucial in medicine. Interview skills are usually taught and developed during clinical skills (CS) sessions in a group setting. Such settings can limit students' ability to access their own unique knowledge base and to reflect on their clinical reasoning patterns. More recently, there have been added restrictions to CS sessions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that further limit students in their access to standardized patients (SPs).
Summary of the Innovation
A low-cost virtual patient history-taking simulator operating in PowerPoint 2013 with custom Visual Basic programming was piloted during a Respiratory Exam session. The simulator mimicked a Jeopardy format, incorporated multimedia, and required no prior preparation by students. It was used by student dyads playing the role of interviewer and patient. Only the patient-student was able to see the computer screen and relied on the software to provide answers to questions asked. The program provided feedback to the interviewer-student regarding areas that should have been addressed but were missed.
A post-intervention anchored Likert-scale survey was completed by 15 students (100% response rate) who used this software. Student responses indicated the software was of educational value (100%), a useful tool for practicing history-taking (86%), and an efficient use of their time during the session (93%). Overall, 93% requested that this software be part of future CS sessions.
Conclusion
Students valued using this novel, low-cost, easy-to-use simulator to practice interviewing in an individual, guided manner, with immediate feedback, and without need for additional preceptor, SPs, or preparation. Additionally, the tool promotes individual expertise development while incorporating differential diagnosis, data interpretation, and management skills.
Keyword 1
Virtual Patient Simulation
Keyword 2
Clinical Skills
Keyword 3
Clinical Reasoning
Level of Training
Undergraduate
Abstract Themes
Teaching and learning
Teaching and Learning
- Blended Learning
- Clinical Skills
- Collaborative/Peer to Peer
- E-Learning/Technology
- Feedback
- Integrated instruction & learning
- Simulation
- Standardized Patients
- Virtual Patients
Additional Theme (First choice)
Undergraduate
Additional Theme (Second Choice)
Additional Theme (Third Choice)
Authors
Presenter
Malgorzata Kaminska
Term 1
Yes
Term 2
Yes
Term 3
Yes
Term 4
Yes
Term 5
Yes
