Virtual Patients - An Interactive Educational Module for Higher Education
NCT ID: NCT06706011
Last Updated: 2024-11-26
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
56 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-08-26
2024-09-10
Brief Summary
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In modern healthcare, several challenges exist: short patient visits, highly specialized care, and limited opportunities for education and professional development among healthcare staff. In theoretical training efforts, it can be difficult to highlight and provide opportunities to practice complex patient interactions. The overall goal of this project is to evaluate the effects of an interactive educational module that includes training with virtual patients (VP). Single training sessions rarely lead to behavioral changes in clinical practice, but concrete training with a clear connection to clinical tasks can have a better effect.
In this research project, VPs will be part of an educational module at universities and colleges, where the overarching goal is for students to practice clinically relevant communication areas. Two main areas have been selected for the VP in this project: intimate partner violence and suicide risk assessment. Both of these areas are of great significance to public health and have direct relevance to clinical care, especially in psychiatry. Specific objectives of the project include exploring the user experience of the VP, examining whether the VP contributes to increased knowledge and confidence in asking questions within the chosen focus area, studying students' experiences of using the VP, how it has influenced their work with patients after graduation, and finally, examining user patterns on the VP platform.
Previous research suggests that virtual patient cases can have positive effects on learning and engagement and may even be more effective than traditional education in improving clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills. VPs have been studied in various medical specialties, but there is a lack of knowledge specifically in psychiatry. In this project, researchers will evaluate the use of VPs in psychiatric training within medical, nursing, and psychology programs.
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Detailed Description
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To investigate virtual patient cases (VP) as an interactive educational module for students in universities and colleges. The educational module will consist of three parts: a theoretical and preparatory lecture, training with VP, and a follow-up seminar. The aim is to evaluate how well this module prepares students to ask clinically relevant questions in focus areas such as intimate partner violence and suicide risk assessment. The target group for the project is students in nursing, medical, and psychology programs at various universities and colleges in Sweden.
Specific aims for this study:
To investigate whether VP contributes to an increased level of knowledge and confidence in asking questions within the selected focus areas among students in nursing, medical, and psychology programs.
Focus areas for VP:
Intimate partner violence
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention
Virtuel Patient
Virtual Patient
Interactive Educational Activity
Control
No Virtuel Patient
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Virtual Patient
Interactive Educational Activity
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
100 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Karolinska Institutet
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Karolina Sörman
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Centre for Psychatry Research, Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm, , Sweden
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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2023-06687-01
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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