Terry Poulton, PhD
St George's, University of London, United Kingdom

Description

Over the last decade Medical Education has flirted heavily with various e-learning tools and new technologies. Tools such as virtual patients, online learning resources, skills videos, e-assessments , and more recently the new web 2.0 communication technologies have made contributions to specific sectors across the ‘continuum of competency’ in medicine.   However, only rarely have these been integrated with each other, and as standalone resources it has been harder to integrate them into the curriculum.

Is it possible for these e-learning tools and technologies to be integrated into a new form of delivery, which offers the opportunity to transform the curriculum?

We propose a system in which interactive virtual patients are placed at the core of the curriculum delivery. This presentation will demonstrate this concept with a working example of  a current delivery system. We will also consider how in the future the development of  interactive high resolution graphical simulations may increase the extent to which e-learning tools can create more realistic simulations of the skills needed in clinical  practicemimicking the role of the practitioner more closely.

Presentation Type:  Plenary