MedU at MedBiquitous Annual Conference
2nd International Conference on Virtual Patients
County Hall, London
Secrets of Creating and Maintaining Virtual Patient Case Collections
Monday, April 26, 2010
In their presentation entitled Secrets of Creating and Maintaining Virtual Patient Case Collections, Dr. Martin Fischer from Witten/Herdecke University in Germany and Dr. Norm Berman, Executive Director of the Institute for Innovative Technology In Medical Education and MedU Editor-in-Chief, discussed the importance of developing and maintaining curriculum based virtual patient cases (VPs) as well as the importance of integrating VPs effectively at the program level. In addition to suggestions for overcoming potential integration barriers, Drs. Fischer and Berman highlighted opportunities for VPs to cover the curriculum and addressed the impact different learning styles have on integration.