Abstract Background Virtual Patients (VPs) have been in the focus of research in healthcare
education for many years. The aim of our study was to analyze how virtual patients are …

Background: Online social networking use has increased rapidly among African American
and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM), making it important to understand how these …

Background Existing influenza surveillance in the United States is focused on the collection
of data from sentinel physicians and hospitals; however, the compilation and distribution of …

Background Nurses play an important role in detecting patients with clinical deterioration.
However, the problem of nurses failing to trigger deteriorating ward patients still persists …

Background Research has shown that nursing students find it difficult to translate and apply
their theoretical knowledge in a clinical context. Virtual patients (VPs) have been proposed …

The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and categorize the application of soft
operations research methods in healthcare settings. A systematic review was conducted to …

Background Problem-based learning (PBL) is well established in medical education and
beyond, and continues to be developed and explored. Challenges include how to connect …

Background: Since their inception, virtual patients have provided health care educators with
a way to engage learners in an experience simulating the clinician's environment without …

Background There are international concerns relating to the management of patient
deterioration. The “failure to rescue” literature identifies that nursing staff miss cues of …

Background Virtual patients are interactive computer simulations that are increasingly used
as learning activities in modern health care education, especially in teaching clinical …