Encouraging communication and cooperation in e-learning: solving and creating new interdisciplinary case histories

Ertl, Sebastian; Steinmair, Dagmar; Löffler‐Stastka, Henriette

doi:10.3205/zma001458

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“…Virtual patient case studies used in teaching have been shown to improve medical student engagement [13]. Furthermore, case-based learning offers a promising method to assist students in learning the vast amount of clinical information, and the integration of virtual patients and cases can improve the effectiveness of education [14,15]. In addition, virtual patient cases offer the possibility of continuing education for physicians, which can be used especially for diagnostic training and medical decision-making [16]…”

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Proposal of a Method for Transferring High-Quality Scientific Literature Data to Virtual Patient Cases Using Categorical Data Generated by Bernoulli-Distributed Random Values: Development and Prototypical Implementation

Schmidt¹,

Kesztyüs²,

Haag³

et al. 2023

JMIR Med Educ

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Background Teaching medicine is a complex task because medical teachers are also involved in clinical practice and research and the availability of cases with rare diseases is very restricted. Automatic creation of virtual patient cases would be a great benefit, saving time and providing a wider choice of virtual patient cases for student training. Objective This study explored whether the medical literature provides usable quantifiable information on rare diseases. The study implemented a computerized method that simulates basic clinical patient cases utilizing probabilities of symptom occurrence for a disease. Methods Medical literature was searched for suitable rare diseases and the required information on the respective probabilities of specific symptoms. We developed a statistical script that delivers basic virtual patient cases with random symptom complexes generated by Bernoulli experiments, according to probabilities reported in the literature. The number of runs and thus the number of patient cases generated are arbitrary. Results We illustrated the function of our generator with the exemplary diagnosis “brain abscess” with the related symptoms “headache, mental status change, focal neurologic deficit, fever, seizure, nausea and vomiting, nuchal rigidity, and papilledema” and the respective probabilities from the literature. With a growing number of repetitions of the Bernoulli experiment, the relative frequencies of occurrence increasingly converged with the probabilities from the literature. For example, the relative frequency for headache after 10.000 repetitions was 0.7267 and, after rounding, equaled the mean value of the probability range of 0.73 reported in the literature. The same applied to the other symptoms. Conclusions The medical literature provides specific information on characteristics of rare diseases that can be transferred to probabilities. The results of our computerized method suggest that automated creation of virtual patient cases based on these probabilities is possible. With additional information provided in the literature, an extension of the generator can be implemented in further research.

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Proposal of a Method for Transferring High-Quality Scientific Literature Data to Virtual Patient Cases Using Categorical Data Generated by Bernoulli-Distributed Random Values: Development and Prototypical Implementation

Schmidt¹,

Kesztyüs²,

Haag³

et al. 2023

JMIR Med Educ

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Digitalization in the Teaching of Neurology and Psychiatry

Altmann,

Pezawas,

Kasprian

et al. 2024

psychopraxis. neuropraxis

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ZusammenfassungDigitalisierung in der Medizin gehört zur Zukunft der akademischen Medizin. Diesem Fakt wird auch in der Lehre Rechnung getragen. Da Lehre immer forschungsgeleitet gestaltet ist, sind auch die lerntheoretischen Grundlagen und Konzepte zu diskutieren. Die Implementierung digitaler Medizin stellt eine Möglichkeit als Brückenfunktion für eine gute interprofessionelle Zusammenarbeit dar. Diese Interprofessionalität erachten wir in unserem Fachgebiet als zentral, ebenso wie gutes Netzwerkmanagement. Die hier vorgestellten Anwendungen und deren Vermittlung im Unterricht führen in der interprofessionellen Arbeit zu einer Thematisierung von Denk- und Reflexionsprozessen, die eine bessere Arbeitszufriedenheit und Patient:innenzufriedenheit nach sich ziehen.

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Using standardized patients for undergraduate clinical skills training in an introductory course to psychiatry

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Background The goal of this study was to assess the value and acceptance of Standardized or Simulated Patients (SPs) for training clinically inexperienced undergraduate medical students in psychiatric history taking, psychopathological assessment, and communication with psychiatric patients. Methods As part of a newly developed introductory course to psychiatry, pairs of 3rd year medical students conducted psychiatric assessments of SPs, including history and psychopathological state, under the supervision of a clinical lecturer. Prior to the assessment, students attended introductory lectures to communication in psychiatry and psychopathology but were clinically inexperienced. After the interview, the students’ summary of their findings was discussed with other students and the lecturer. Students, lecturers, and actors were invited to a survey after the course. Questions for the students included self-reports about perceived learning success and authenticity of the interviews. Results 41 students, 6 actors and 8 lecturers completed the survey (response rates of 48%, 50%, and 100%, respectively). The survey results indicated that, despite their lack of clinical experience, students learned how to conduct a psychiatric interview, communicate in a non-judgmental and empathetic manner, take a psychiatric history and perform a psychopathological examination. SPs were perceived as authentic. The survey results suggested that this setting allowed for an enjoyable, non-distressful and motivating learning experience within a restricted time frame of just two afternoons. Conclusion The results indicated that the SP approach presented is useful for teaching clinical skills in psychiatry to students with limited previous clinical experience and knowledge of psychiatry. We argue that SPs can be used to teach practical psychiatric skills already during an early phase of the curriculum. Limitations of our study include a limited sample size, a temporal gap between the course and the survey, reliance on self-reports, and lack of comparison to alternative interventions.

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Encouraging communication and cooperation in e-learning: solving and creating new interdisciplinary case histories

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Proposal of a Method for Transferring High-Quality Scientific Literature Data to Virtual Patient Cases Using Categorical Data Generated by Bernoulli-Distributed Random Values: Development and Prototypical Implementation

Proposal of a Method for Transferring High-Quality Scientific Literature Data to Virtual Patient Cases Using Categorical Data Generated by Bernoulli-Distributed Random Values: Development and Prototypical Implementation

Digitalization in the Teaching of Neurology and Psychiatry

Using standardized patients for undergraduate clinical skills training in an introductory course to psychiatry

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