Virtual Patients in Pharmacy Education
Author(s) -
Monique O. Jabbur-Lopes,
Alessandra Rezende Mesquita,
Leila M.A. Silva,
Abílio de Almeida Neto,
Divaldo Pereira de Lyra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of pharmaceutical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.796
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1553-6467
pISSN - 0002-9459
DOI - 10.5688/ajpe76592
Subject(s) - pharmacy , inclusion (mineral) , pharmaceutical care , medical education , pharmacy education , medicine , virtual patient , pharmacy practice , family medicine , psychology , social psychology
A review of the literature relating to the use of virtual patients in teaching pharmaceutical care to pharmacy students was conducted. Only 7 articles met the inclusion criteria for the review and 4 of the studies were conducted in North America. Few articles identified by the review used virtual patient technology that was true-to-life and/or validated.
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