Search for dissertations about: "Virtual patients"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 57 swedish dissertations containing the words Virtual patients.

  2. 11. Virtual patients in nursing education : teaching, learning and assessing clinical reasoning skills

    Author : Carina Georg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: One challenge in nursing education is to teach nursing students to apply their knowledge when dealing with clinical problems. Nurses who possess effective clinical reasoning skills have more positive patient outcomes compared to nurses with poor clinical reasoning skills. READ MORE

  4. 12. Virtual Reality Simulations and Interventional Radiology

    Author : Berry Max; Göteborgs universitet; []
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    Abstract : INTRODUCTION: Use of virtual reality (VR) simulators in endovascular interventional education has become increasingly popular yet many questions surrounding this nascent technology remain unanswered. While progress has been made in other disciplines such as endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery, scientific evidence investigating endovascular simulations remains limited. READ MORE

  5. 13. Construction, Validation and Application of a Virtual Reality Simulator for the Training of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

    Author : Reidar Källström; Joar Svanvik; Hans Hjertberg; Peder Funch-Jensen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Surgical education; simulation; transurethral resection of prostate; psychometric tests; personality; validation; virtual reality; proficiency based training; objective assessment; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The fundamental of surgical training is the traditional apprenticeship method introduced by William Halsted which has been used for the last 100 years. It is based on learning in the operating room (OR) where the resident is guided by an experienced surgeon and gradually and methodically exposed to surgery. READ MORE

  6. 14. Virtual Patient for education in academic Periodontology

    Author : Martin Schittek Janda; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Tandläkarutbildning; Datorstödd undervisning; Tandlossning;

    Abstract : Computer assisted learning (CAL) is used in several medical and dental schools throughout the world. Lately, virtual learning environments (VLE) have been developed and especially simulators, which have become an important educational tool in the training of practical skills. READ MORE

  7. 15. Designing virtual environments for brain injury rehabilitation

    Author : Mattias Wallergård; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : Virtual Reality (VR) has shown great potential in various training applications. In the field of cognitive rehabilitation it has been shown that VR technology can become a useful complement to conventional rehabilitation techniques (e.g. Rizzo et al. READ MORE