Mary Tobin, Nicola O'Sullivan, Elaine Rogers
"You go in heavy and you come out light": An interpretative phenomenological analysis of reflective practice experiences in an Irish infant mental health setting
Infant mental health journal
mixedmethod study aims determine effect use mobile virtual patient application narrated casebased virtual patients assistive technology students clinical reasoning skills makes notable contribution exploring impact mobile virtual patient applications healthcare students clinical skills preparation realworld patient care addition accuracy analysis results regarding effect student achievement analyzed second dataset tool thus aiming increase reliability verifying research question different quantitative analysis technique qualitative part study students views implementation collected openended questionnaire data subjected content analysis achievement test also developed determine development students clinical reasoning skills revealed learning environments different outcomes regarding students achievement supporting traditional environment mobile virtual patient application yielded better results increasing students achievement students opinions mobile virtual patient application process also support increase academic achievement aimed measuring clinical reasoning skills content analysis showed students generally reported multiple positive factors related application thought stories cases presented created perception reality especially highlighted contribution application learning story organization based results said application supports clinical reasoning provides practical experience improves academic achievement contributes positively motivation