Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2012 Aug 10;76(6):106. doi: 10.5688/ajpe766106.
To describe how virtual patients are being used to simulate real-life clinical scenarios in undergraduate pharmacy education in Europe.
One hundred ninety-four participants at the 2011 Congress of the European Pharmaceutical Students Association (EPSA) completed an exploratory cross-sectional survey instrument.
Of the 46 universities and 23 countries represented at the EPSA Congress, only 12 students from 6 universities in 6 different countries reported having experience with virtual patient technology. The students were satisfied with the virtual patient technology and considered it more useful as a teaching and learning tool than an assessment tool. Respondents who had not used virtual patient technology expressed support regarding its potential benefits in pharmacy education. French and Dutch students were significantly less interested in virtual patient technology than were their counterparts from other European countries.
The limited use of virtual patients in pharmacy education in Europe suggests the need for initiatives to increase the use of virtual patient technology and the benefits of computer-assisted learning in pharmacy education.
描述虚拟患者如何在欧洲的本科药学教育中被用于模拟真实的临床场景。
2011 年欧洲药学学生协会（EPSA）大会的 194 名参与者完成了一项探索性的横断面调查工具。
在 EPSA 大会上代表的 46 所大学和 23 个国家中，只有来自 6 个不同国家的 6 所大学的 12 名学生报告说有使用虚拟患者技术的经验。学生对虚拟患者技术感到满意，并认为它作为教学和学习工具比评估工具更有用。没有使用虚拟患者技术的受访者表示支持它在药学教育中的潜在好处。法国和荷兰学生对虚拟患者技术的兴趣明显低于其他欧洲国家的学生。
在欧洲药学教育中虚拟患者的使用有限，这表明需要采取措施增加虚拟患者技术的使用以及计算机辅助学习在药学教育中的益处。
