Pacientes virtuales en la enseñanza médica | Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría

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Resumen

Introducción

La tecnología ha avanzado hasta el punto de que nuevas aplicaciones didácticas pueden ser implementadas para representar escenarios de la vida real. En el campo de la medicina, por ejemplo, existen los pacientes virtuales (PV).

Desarrollo

Los pacientes virtuales son programas de computador que simulan escenarios clínicos, lo cual permite que el estudiante haga un diagnóstico y tome las decisiones terapéuticas. En este artículo se discutirán las ventajas y desventajas del uso de esta novedosa tecnología.

Conclusión

Los pacientes virtuales son una herramienta útil para el aprendizaje de los estudiantes en psiquiatría.

Palabras clave:

Simulación de paciente

educación superior

simulación

aprendizaje

Abstract

Introduction

Biomedical advancements have evolved to the point where teaching software may be implemented to represent real-life scenarios.

Development

Virtual Patients or VPs are software programs that simulate clinical scenarios allowing students to generate a diagnosis and make treatment decisions. In this article, advantages and disadvantages regarding the use of this state-of-the-art technology are discussed.

Conclusions

VP is a useful technique for psychiatry students.

Key words:

Patient simulation

higher education

simulation

learning

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Conflictos de interés: Los autores manifiestan que no tienen conflictos de interés en este artículo.

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