TY - JOUR AU - Burmeister, Paul AU - Isaacs, Gabrielle AU - Griffiths, Bronwen AU - Mo, Lanxinning AU - Chin, Jordan AU - McCall, Cate AU - Duffull, Stephen PY - 2021/11/19 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SHORT REPORT: Use of a real-time virtual patient simulation for interprofessional distance education: A pilot study JF - Pharmacy Education JA - Pharm Educ VL - 21 IS - SE - Short Report DO - 10.46542/pe.2021.211.698704 UR - https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/1327 SP - p. 698-704 AB - <p class="Abstractbody"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Objective:</strong> To evaluate the use of cloud-based virtual patients as a tool for engagement in interprofessional distance education (IPDE). </span></p><p class="Abstractbody"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Methods:</strong> Five pairs of final-year pharmacy and final-year nursing students interacted with an autonomous, real-time, cloud-based virtual patient (VP). They were debriefed after completion of their case and completed a questionnaire on the relevance of the VP to core IPE competencies. </span></p><p class="Abstractbody"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Results:</strong> The virtual patient approach was considered to be able to cover 25 of the 39 core IPE competencies. From a thematic analysis, there was evidence of students learning from, with, and about each other. </span></p><p class="Abstractbody"><span lang="EN-US"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The use of cloud-based autonomous VPs could be a successful tool for IPE.</span></p> ER -