G V Ramesh Prasad
Enhancing clinical judgement in virtual care for complex chronic disease
Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
patient case simulation software described pharmacy education literature useful tools improve skills patient assessment including medication historytaking physical assessment clinical reasoning communication typically wellreceived students instructors virtual interactive case vic system webbased software developed deliver deliberate practice opportunities simulated patient encounters across spectrum clinical topics article describes implementation utilization vic undergraduate curriculum one canadian pharmacy school methods facility use vic integrated across training spectrum curriculum including core elective didactic courses practice labs experiential learning interprofessional education continuing education use evaluated student instructor surveys qualitative student interviews vic easy navigate created positive realistic learning environment students identified enhanced ability identify relevant patient information accurately simulated hospital pharmacy practice thereby helped prepare upcoming experiential courses use vic expanded beyond original intended purpose individual student practice become valuable addition pharmacy undergraduate education future plans include ongoing development cases exploration uses vic within didactic curriculum remediation experiential courses pharmacist continuing education