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NCT Number: NCT00474474

Study of the Impact of Virtual Patient Designs on the Reasoning Pattern and Therapeutic Decision Making

There is a lack of evidence of the impact of the information provided in the introduction screen on the students diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The reasoning pattern may also be altered if positive findings are provided to the student without an active request for it.

The results will be of importance when virtual patients are used for assessing students.

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Key information

Conditions

Decision Making Computer-Assisted

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

School of dentistry, Karolinska Institutet

Stockholm, Stockholm County, 17177, Sweden

About this study

The problem-solving approach is found in virtual patient designs concerned with teaching clinical reasoning and diagnosis. Generally the student has to collect a range of information, usually from menus of possible history questions, physical examination, and lab tests, and make diagnostic and therapeutic decisions based on their findings. The information is not cued - the student have to decide what is relevant. An introduction screen is shown to the student when the virtual patient is initiated. Case author have used it differently - some entered a complete chief complaint and part of anamnesis findings while other have not disclosed anything about the patient. There is a lack of evidence of the impact of the information provided in the introduction screen on the students diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The reasoning pattern may also be altered if positive findings are provided to the student without an active request for it.

The results will be of importance when virtual patients are used for assessing students.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • All the students enrolled in the comprehensive dentistry course at the time of the study (2007)

Treatment and study plan

Virtual patient is NOT introduced

Procedure

Primary outcomes

  1. therapeutic decision making

    Time frame: 1 hour

Secondary outcomes

  1. Medical history reasoning (required/unnecessary)

    Time frame: 1 hour

  2. Time allocation to the different phases in solving a VP

    Time frame: 1 hour

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Study of the Impact of How the Virtual Patient's Anamnesis is Designed on the Reasoning Pattern and Therapeutic Decision Making

Acronym: VPtdl-rct1

Important dates

Study start
2007
Study completion
2007
First posted
May 17, 2007
Registry last updated
May 17, 2007

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