Microcomputer simulations as aids in medical education: application in clinical chemistry

Abstract

Summary A microcomputer‐based learning program based on a dynamic simulation model has been developed for clinical chemistry. It allows a student to interrogate, examine, prescribe therapy and request laboratory tests on a simulated patient. The patient's condition changes with time and in response to the student's actions and thus the student experiences the simulated consequences of any action.

Computerized Virtual Patients in Health Professions Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Application of a frame-based computer-aided learning system in clinical chemistry

“…In clinical chemistry, a system described by Raj et al (1982) uses a time‐dependent model, the student prescribing therapy and requesting laboratory tests on a simulated patient. The patient's clinical condition changes with time and in response to the student's actions.…”