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What are effects of a spaced activation of virtual patients in a pediatric course?

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Title
What are effects of a spaced activation of virtual patients in a pediatric course?
Published in
BMC Medical Education, March 2013
DOI 10.1186/1472-6920-13-45
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Authors

Esther M Maier, Inga Hege, Ania C Muntau, Johanna Huber, Martin R Fischer

Abstract

Virtual patients (VPs) have a long tradition in the curriculum of the medical faculty at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. However, the pediatric VPs were not well integrated into the curriculum and hardly used by students.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 4%
Colombia 1 4%
Germany 1 4%
Unknown 25 89%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 5 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 11%
Lecturer 2 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Other 8 29%
Unknown 4 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 36%
Social Sciences 4 14%
Computer Science 3 11%
Psychology 2 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 7 25%