Educators’ perspectives of adopting virtual patient online learning tools to teach clinical reasoning in medical schools: a qualitative study

ABSTRACT:

Background

Learning tools using virtual patients can be used to teach clinical reasoning (CR) skills and overcome limitations of using face-to-face methods. However, the adoption of new tools is often challenging. The aim of this study was to explore UK medical educators’ perspectives of what influences the adoption of virtual patient learning tools to teach CR.

Methods

A qualitative research study using semi-structured telephone interviews with medical educators in the UK with control over teaching materials of CR was conducted. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), commonly used in healthcare services implementation research was adapted to inform the analysis. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.

Results

Thirteen medical educ

SUBMITTER: Kassianos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10248983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature