The application of virtual patient in gynecology and obstetrics clinical teaching

VernacularTitle:虚拟病人在妇产科临床教学中的应用实践
Author: Yin ZHAO ; Sisi LU ; Xiangniang JI ; Xiaogang SHU ; Guangyao YANG ; Jianfeng GUO ; Li ZOU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Clinical teaching; Gynecology and obstetrics; Virtual patient
From: Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research 2015;(9):933-936
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Gynecology and obstetrics is a theoretical and practical subject. It is an important goal for the medical students to develop the clinical thinking ability and operating skills and apply them in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. To overcome the limited teaching resources, the rare clinical skills opportunities caused by doctor-patient relationship tension, virtual patient (VP) combined with clinical teaching was applied in clinical teaching, which can reproduce the real, and bring the students to the role of the clinician , enrich the content of the obstetrics and Gynecology clinical teaching. Along with the reform the teaching faculty with high quality was established, their clinical teaching experiences and innovative thinking were improved significantly. The results were evaluated by means of clinical comprehensive ability test. The present study aimed to establish virtual patients of OBGYN (virtual patient, VP) learning to promote learning of basic knowledge, clinic skills, and thinking ability.