Experience of introduction of algoritlimized virtual patient in pedagogical practice on discipline "ophthalmology"
AbstractIntroduction. A distinctive feature of the approach used is the application of the virtual patient concept. Instead of a clinical case, a special computer program is used on the paper during the lesson, allowing the learners to make decisions on the diagnosis and treatment of the patient and immediately see the results of their actions. "Variants are thus obtained branched and allow for a multiplicity of treatment options and diagnostics, including making mistakes by the students.
Aims — to develop a new method of forming clinical thinking among the 6th year students of the Karaganda State Medical University (KSMU), who study in the specialty "General Medicine", in the discipline "Ophthalmology" using the algorithmized "Virtual Patient" and evaluate its effectiveness.
Results. A new station for assessing clinical thinking about ophthalmology "Virtual patient". The prospective, randomized study was conducted on the basis of the Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Reanimatology and the Center for Practical Skills (CPS) of the KSMU from January to June 2016 to determine the effectiveness of the technology created in the discipline "Ophthalmology". The students of the 6th year who passed the exam at the new station were surveyed. The results are processed by statistical methods.
Conclusions. Using a virtual patient in the learning process allows you to approach the real situation, practice the skills of problem solving and decision-making, improve efficiency and productivity of training of both medical students and postgraduate students.
Keywords:• virtual patient
• ophthalmology
• assessment
• undergraduate education
• postgraduate education
Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i professional’noe razvitie [Medical Education and Professional Development]. 2017; (2-3): 12–9. DOI: 10.24411/2220-8453-2017-00001