Aquifer is a unique non-profit organization dedicated to advancing health professions education.
With 16 million virtual patient cases completed since our founding in 2006, Aquifer is the leader in developing clinical learning tools for medical and health professions education.
Aquifer is used in 96% of U.S. allopathic medical schools, 70% of U.S. osteopathic medical schools, and a growing number of physician assistant, nurse practitioner, and international programs.
Whether you’re an educator, administrator, or student, dive in and get to know Aquifer’s learning tools and resources:
Teaching strategies and success stories from your educator colleagues to help you get started or improve how you use Aquifer.
Pick up practical tips and strategies from other medical and health professions educators using Aquifer.
Learn more about our fully-developed teaching tools and guides for active learning sessions that accompany Aquifer cases.
Learn from your peers as they share strategies for making the most of Aquifer cases—and connect with your community of educators.
Students rate Aquifer cases an average of 4.4 stars.
We’ve selected a group of medical and physician assistant students to provide honest, in-depth feedback on Aquifer’s developing learning tools.
By: Sherilyn Smith, MD
Many educators are wondering how to meaningfully engage their students in distance learning activities and allow them to practice important patient care skills (while not seeing patients). While I have been doing peer-to-peer consults, I stumbled into a helpful reframe that seems to be unlocking people’s creativity: Aquifer cases (yep…more than 170 of them!) are virtual standardized patients.
Applications are open to request free learner-level access to 175 Aquifer cases covering a range of disciplines.
