Bediang Georges, Franck Caroline, Raetzo Marc-André, Doell Jascha, Ba Marième, Kamga Yannick, Baroz Frédéric, Geissbuhler Antoine
Division of eHealth and Telemedicine, Geneva University Hospitals and Geneva University, Switzerland.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013;192:102-6.
to measure the effect of training with a virtual patient (VP) simulation system on clinical skills of healthcare professionals in Africa.
A randomized controlled intervention was carried out at Yaounde Central Hospital (Cameroon). The intervention consisted of two groups training on one of the two clinical vignettes implemented in the VP simulator. Four actors were trained to play standardized patient (SP) roles. The clinical skills (performance score) of participants were assessed on both clinical vignettes using these SPs.
Twenty medical students from FMSB were recruited. The difference in overall score was observed between participants who received training from the VP system (higher average) and those who did not receive the training (lower average). This difference is statistically significant, especially when the focus is on participants' scores in the relevant items for proper management of the case.
This study suggests that the training with a medical consultation VP simulator can develop the operational clinical skills of the user.
评估使用虚拟患者（VP）模拟系统进行培训对非洲医疗保健专业人员临床技能的影响。
在雅温得中心医院（喀麦隆）进行了一项随机对照干预研究。干预措施包括两组人员分别针对VP模拟器中实施的两个临床案例之一进行培训。培训了四名演员来扮演标准化患者（SP）的角色。使用这些标准化患者对参与者在两个临床案例中的临床技能（表现得分）进行评估。
招募了20名来自FMSB的医学生。接受VP系统培训的参与者（平均得分较高）与未接受培训的参与者（平均得分较低）之间观察到总分差异。这种差异具有统计学意义，尤其是当关注参与者在病例妥善管理相关项目中的得分时。
本研究表明，使用医疗咨询VP模拟器进行培训可以提升用户的临床操作技能。
