Virtual Standardized Patients Versus Traditional Academic Training for Improving Clinical Competence Among Traditional Chinese Medicine Students: Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The practical training course of internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine (PTC-IMTCM) is primarily based on traditional case teaching, which can be stressful for teachers. The use of virtual standardized patient (VSP) applications could be an alternative; however, there is limited evidence regarding their feasibility and effectiveness.

Objective

This study aimed to build a VSP-TCM application according to the characteristics of PTC-IMTCM and the needs of students and to compare its efficacy with that of traditional teaching in improving TCM clinical competence among students.

Methods

A prequestionnaire investigation was conducted before the course, and a VSP-TCM system was developed based on the results of the questionnaire. A randomized controlled

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10551797 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature