TY - JOUR AU - Beshir, Semira Abdi AU - Mohamed, Affana Parveen AU - Soorya, Aadith AU - Sir Loon Goh, Sheron AU - Moussa El-Labadd, Eman AU - Hussain, Nadia AU - Said, Amira S.A. PY - 2022/12/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Virtual patient simulation in pharmacy education: A systematic review JF - Pharmacy Education JA - Pharm Educ VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - Review DO - 10.46542/pe.2022.221.954970 UR - https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/1924 SP - p. 954-970 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong> This review summarises the impact of virtual patient simulation (VPS) on pharmacy students’ knowledge, skills, and perceptions.  </p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science databases were searched using relevant keywords. Full-text articles in English, published between 2010 and August 2021, were retrieved if they evaluate the impact of web-based interactive VPS in pharmacy education.   </p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This review included 19 studies, 9 of which were comparative. VPS was used to develop or assess different pharmacy-related skills. In general, post-VPS exposure test scores were better than the pre-VPS test scores in 12 studies. VPS significantly improved higher-level learning, counselling, and decision-making skills more than paper-based cases. The favourable impact of VPS on learners’ confidence, student engagement, and satisfaction was noted.  </p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> VPS enhances knowledge and clinical decision-making skills. It can also address the needs of pharmacy students with active learning preferences.</p> ER -