A scoping review: virtual patients for communication skills in medical undergraduates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Communication is an essential competence for medical students. Virtual patients (VP), computerized educational tools where users take the role of doctor, are increasingly used. Despite the wide range of VP utilization, evidence-based practical guidance on supporting development of communication skills for medical students remains unclear. We focused this scoping review on VP affordance for student learning especially important in the current environment of constrained patient access.

Methods

This scoping review followed Arksey & O'Malley's methodology. We tested and used a search strategy involving six databases, resulting in 5,262 citations. Two reviewers independently screened titles, full texts (n= 158) and finally performed data extraction on fifty-five includ

SUBMITTER: Kelly S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166208 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature