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Table 1 Outcomes Measured during the study

From: Virtual patients design and its effect on clinical reasoning and student experience: a protocol for a randomised factorial multi-centre study

Institution

Outcomes for individual cases

Timing

All institions (WMS, KMS, UBMS)

Primary Outcome Measures collected for each VP

  

Validated clinical reasoning assessments.

Key Feature Problems score (x/8)

Student completes during the case

 

Clinical Decision (x/4)

 
 

Bayesian Statistical Question (x/1)

 
 

Working diagnosis (x/2)

 
 

(Total score x/15)

 

Self reported evaluation (EVIP)

EViP Questionnaire (multiple domains)

After each case

 

Case Preference: reasoning (n from 4) learning (n from 4)

On completion of all cases

 

Preference of case (learning)

 
 

Preference of case (realism)

 

Secondary Outcome measures

  

Other metrics collected in electronic environment

Time spent per case (seconds)

During the case, recorded automatically

 

Time spent per node (seconds)

 
 

Number of nodes visited

 
 

Case completion percentage.

 
 

Time spent per question (seconds)

 

WMS Only

  

Validated self reported reasoning assessment (DTI)

Baseline and Mean improvement

Immediately Pre-and post- intervention

Summative assessment

Written and clinical

1 week post intervention

Formative assessment

Written and clinical

End of the year