The Interactive Patient: A Tool for Teaching Discriminating Data Collection in Therapeutic Problem Solving

ABSTRACT Teaching and evaluating the process of discriminating data collection as part of the skill of therapeutic problem solving is a difficult and complex task. The Interactive Patient is a Web-based, natural language, multimedia computer-based patient simulation that was developed to provide the...

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Published in:Journal of pharmacy teaching 2002, Vol.10 (2), p.35-45
Main Authors: Roffman, David S., Lehmann, Harold P., Lehmann, Christoph U.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:ABSTRACT Teaching and evaluating the process of discriminating data collection as part of the skill of therapeutic problem solving is a difficult and complex task. The Interactive Patient is a Web-based, natural language, multimedia computer-based patient simulation that was developed to provide the user the opportunity to formulate and apply data collection strategies to a clinical case presentation. Similar to the actual practitioner-patient encounter, the simulation does not limit the user to preprogrammed choices in the process of data collection. The software assigns a relative value to both the content and the order of data selection, providing the user with feedback about the effectiveness of the data collection process.
ISSN:1044-0054
1540-7365
DOI:10.3109/J060v10n02_03