Design and Development of Virtual Patients for Healthcare Education: State of the Art and Research

Carolin Gellner; Anne-Katrin  Witte; Till J. Winkler

Design and Development of Virtual Patients for Healthcare Education: State of the Art and Research

Carolin Gellner, Anne-Katrin Witte, Till J. Winkler

Department of Digitalization

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Abstract

The digital transformation of healthcare and the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated research and deployment of virtual patients (VP), that is, interactive computer simulations used in healthcare education to train students on clinical processes. To help researchers and practitioners understand the state of the art in VP development, we conducted a systematic literature review of 48 papers. Our analysis focused on educational level, medical specialty, competencies, technologies, technical format, and operating systems and tools. We found that VPs are primarily used in the medical field and student education as interactive patient scenarios based on multimedia system technology. VP authoring systems were identified as the primary tool for developing primary clinical reasoning skills. Based on our findings, we suggest implications for medical education research and practice.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings
Editors	Daniel Beverungen, Christiane Lehrer, Matthias Trier
Number of pages	17
Place of Publication	WWW
Publisher	Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
Publication date	2023
Article number	163
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	18. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik. WI 2023 - Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany Duration: 18 Sept 2023 → 21 Sept 2023 Conference number: 18 https://wi2023.de/

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Conference	18. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik. WI 2023
Number	18
Location	Universität Paderborn
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Paderborn
Period	18/09/2023 → 21/09/2023
Internet address	https://wi2023.de/

Series	Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings
Volume	11

Keywords

Virtual patient
Literature review
Simulation
Technology

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Gellner, Carolin ; Witte, Anne-Katrin ; Winkler, Till J. / Design and Development of Virtual Patients for Healthcare Education : State of the Art and Research. Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings. editor / Daniel Beverungen ; Christiane Lehrer ; Matthias Trier. WWW : Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2023. (Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings, Vol. 11).

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Gellner, C, Witte, A-K & Winkler, TJ 2023, Design and Development of Virtual Patients for Healthcare Education: State of the Art and Research. in D Beverungen, C Lehrer & M Trier (eds), Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings., 163, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), WWW, Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings, vol. 11, 18. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik. WI 2023, Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 18/09/2023. <https://aisel.aisnet.org/wi2023/14/>

Design and Development of Virtual Patients for Healthcare Education: State of the Art and Research. / Gellner, Carolin; Witte, Anne-Katrin ; Winkler, Till J.
Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023 Proceedings. ed. / Daniel Beverungen; Christiane Lehrer; Matthias Trier. WWW: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2023. 163 (Wirtschaftsinformatik Proceedings, Vol. 11).

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