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NCT number NCT00474474
Other study ID # VP-02-001
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received May 16, 2007
Last updated May 16, 2007
Start date February 2007
Est. completion date March 2007

Study information

Verified date May 2007
Source Karolinska Institutet
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There is a lack of evidence of the impact of the information provided in the introduction screen on the students diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The reasoning pattern may also be altered if positive findings are provided to the student without an active request for it.

The results will be of importance when virtual patients are used for assessing students.


Description:

The problem-solving approach is found in virtual patient designs concerned with teaching clinical reasoning and diagnosis. Generally the student has to collect a range of information, usually from menus of possible history questions, physical examination, and lab tests, and make diagnostic and therapeutic decisions based on their findings. The information is not cued - the student have to decide what is relevant. An introduction screen is shown to the student when the virtual patient is initiated. Case author have used it differently - some entered a complete chief complaint and part of anamnesis findings while other have not disclosed anything about the patient. There is a lack of evidence of the impact of the information provided in the introduction screen on the students diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. The reasoning pattern may also be altered if positive findings are provided to the student without an active request for it.

The results will be of importance when virtual patients are used for assessing students.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 58
Est. completion date March 2007
Est. primary completion date
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Both
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- All the students enrolled in the comprehensive dentistry course at the time of the study (2007)

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Procedure:
Virtual patient is NOT introduced


Locations

Country Name City State
Sweden School of dentistry, Karolinska Institutet Stockholm

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Karolinska Institutet

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

References & Publications (1)

Zary N, Johnson G, Boberg J, Fors UG. Development, implementation and pilot evaluation of a Web-based Virtual Patient Case Simulation environment--Web-SP. BMC Med Educ. 2006 Feb 21;6:10. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary therapeutic decision making 1 hour
Secondary Medical history reasoning (required/unnecessary) 1 hour
Secondary Time allocation to the different phases in solving a VP 1 hour
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