Table 2 Categories for qualitative analysis of VP performance as a learning tool and its operational definitions
From: The virtual patient as a learning tool: a mixed quantitative qualitative study
Analytical categories | Operational definition |
|---|---|
Use of the tool | Understood as use and appropriation experiences of both the professor and the students in their interaction with the simulation tool |
Perceptions on learning | Understood as the ways in which learnings acquired by the students in the interaction with the tool are described |
Construction of knowledge and competencies | Understood as the way in which knowledge construction and development of competencies typical of medical practice are evidenced, owing to the learning environment designed |
Contributions to the teaching process | Understood as those aspects that favor reflection and improvement of the teaching practice owing to the interaction with the simulation tool |