Design and application of a clinical reasoning training workshop with virtual patients for resident physicians
Wang Na
He Xiaoqin
Jin Song
Lu Zhanghong
Abstract：Objective To apply virtual patients(VP)in a clinical reasoning training workshop for resident physicians and analyze the effect.Methods A clinical reasoning training workshop was developed with the six-step approach and implemented.The feedback of the training and VP from resident physicians was collected through pre-and post-workshop questionnaire surveys.Results In the study a standardized curriculum of clinical reasoning training workshop based on VP was designed for resident physicians.It was implemented for 5 times,and trained 109 resident physicians.The self-assessment of clinical reasoning ability was improved significantly according to the pre-and post-workshop questionnaires.97.1%of resident physicians agreed that VP could improve clinical reasoning ability better than traditional methods.All of the resident physicians agreed the workshop met their expectation.Conclusions It could effectively improve the understanding and self-assessment of clinical reasoning for resident physicians by using VP in the workshop with good acceptance.
Keywords：residentsclinical reasoningvirtual patientworkshop
Publication Date：2024-06-20
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 469-472 )