A virtual patient model for students' interprofessional learning in primary healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Interprofessional education is important for increasing the quality of patient care, but organising it in primary healthcare is still challenging. The aim of this study was to develop and assess a virtual patient model for primary healthcare and to investigate students' perceptions of learning with this interprofessional virtual patient model.

Methods

The virtual patient case described a patient with several medical conditions who had returned home after surgery. The virtual patient included text files, short videos, and links to illustrate different health professions' roles in home care. Ten interprofessional groups with 39 students assessed the virtual patient from four different study programmes: nursing, physiotherapy, medicine, and occupational therapy. The

SUBMITTER: Tran C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511020 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature