Open AccessVirtual patients in clinical decision making – A design-based research approach
Author(s) -
Nataly Martini,
Ashwini Datt
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pharmacy education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.198
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1477-2701
pISSN - 1560-2214
DOI - 10.46542/pe.2022.221.129141
Subject(s) - pharmacy , curriculum , medical education , virtual patient , medicine , computer science , clinical decision making , psychology , nursing , family medicine , pedagogy
This paper reports on a longitudinal, design-based research (DBR) study to promote clinical decision making using a virtual patient (VP) simulation for emergency renal care. The VP was piloted with pharmacy students, then offered as an interprofessional learning exercise for pharmacy and medical students, before being introduced as part of the curriculum. In this paper, the DBR framework used to design, implement and evaluate the VP is described. The iterative changes made and implications for the integration of virtual patient simulation in the pharmacy curriculum are discussed.