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Table 1 Participant characteristics (% of participants in each intervention group)

From: Evaluation of virtual patient cases for teaching diagnostic and management skills in internal medicine: a mixed methods study

 

VP Case (n = 23)

PowerPoint (n = 29)

Chi square P value

Level of training

0.799

 1–2 years medical student

13

17

 

 3–4 years medical student

61

52

 

 Resident

26

31

 

Time from last IM rotation

0.965

 No previous IM rotation

26

24

 

 > 6 months

13

10

 

 3–6 months

13

17

 

 < 3 months

26

21

 

 Currently in IM rotation

22

28

 

Initial objectives

N/A

 Review knowledge

87

90

 

 Acquire new medical expert knowledge

65

52

 

 Improve non-medical expert competency

17

10

 

 Application of knowledge

52

66

 

 Recruited for research

4

0

 

Previous exposure to virtual patients

0.313

 None

87

76

 

 Any virtual patient cases

13

24

 

Self evaluation of ability to:

 Diagnose UGIB

0.064

  Excellent

0

3

 

  Very good

43

28

 

  Satisfactory

35

59

 

  Unremarkable

4

10

 

  Poor

17

0

 

 Manage UGIB

0.394

  Excellent

0

3

 

  Very good

22

14

 

  Satisfactory

48

66

 

  Unremarkable

9

10

 

  Poor

22

7

 

 Handover

0.340

  Excellent

4

3

 

  Very good

26

14

 

  Satisfactory

48

69

 

  Unremarkable

13

14

 

  Poor

9

0

 

 Write admission orders

0.284

  Excellent

4

3

 

  Good

26

10

 

  Satisfactory

43

55

 

  Unremarkable

13

28

 

  Poor

13

3

 

 OGD consent

0.518

  Excellent

0

0

 

  Very good

13

10

 

  Satisfactory

22

41

 

  Unremarkable

43

31

 

  Poor

22

17

 
  1. VP virtual patient, UGIB upper gastrointestinal bleed, OGD oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy