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The Use of Virtual Patients in Medical School Curricula
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Cendan, Juan; Lok, Benjamin – Advances in Physiology Education, 2012
The demonstration of patient-based cases using automated technology [virtual patients (VPs)] has been available to health science educators for a number of decades. Despite the promise of VPs as an easily accessible and moldable platform, their widespread acceptance and integration into medical curricula have been slow. Here, the authors review…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Patients, Virtual Classrooms
Teaching Integrative Physiology Using the Quantitative Circulatory Physiology Model and Case Discussion Method: Evaluation of the Learning Experience
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Rodriguez-Barbero, A.; Lopez-Novoa, J. M. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2008
One of the problems that we have found when teaching human physiology in a Spanish medical school is that the degree of understanding by the students of the integration between organs and systems is rather poor. We attempted to remedy this problem by using a case discussion method together with the Quantitative Circulatory Physiology (QCP)…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Medical Schools, Computer Simulation
A Computer Simulation for Learning about the Physiological Response to Exercise.
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Coleman, I. P.; And Others – Advances in Physiology Education, 1994
Describes an interactive computer program that simulates the physiological response to graded exercise in healthy individuals. The program presents high-resolution graphic data in a form comparable to that of a chart recorder display. Data are derived from an empirical model that allows users to select parameters to investigate. The program was…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation
Cardiovascular Physiology Teaching: Computer Simulations vs. Animal Demonstrations.
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Samsel, Richard W.; And Others – Advances in Physiology Education, 1994
At the introductory level, the computer provides an effective alternative to using animals for laboratory teaching. Computer software can simulate the operation of multiple organ systems. Advantages of software include alteration of variables that are not easily changed in vivo, repeated interventions, and cost-effective hands-on student access.…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biological Sciences, Cardiovascular System, Case Studies
Comparison of a Computer Simulation Program and a Traditional Laboratory Practical Class for Teaching the Principles of Intestinal Absorption.
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Dewhurst, D. G.; And Others – Advances in Physiology Education, 1994
Evaluates the effectiveness of an interactive computer-assisted learning program for undergraduate students that simulates experiments performed using isolated, everted sacs of rat small intestine. The program is designed to offer an alternative student-centered approach to traditional laboratory-based practical classes. Knowledge gain of students…
Descriptors: Animals, Biological Sciences, Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Computers as Teachers: Learning from Animations.
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Lilienfield, Lawrence S.; Broering, Naomi C. – Advances in Physiology Education, 1994
Describes the use of an interactive multimedia computer program in the study of cardiovascular physiology. Scores on tests given immediately after completion of a two-hour animation program on the Cardiac Cycle and Introduction to Electrocardiography were significantly higher than pretest scores. Students who used the computer program achieved…
Descriptors: Animation, Biological Sciences, Cardiovascular System, Case Studies