Table 2 Results from the Virtual patient design and curricular integration evaluation toolkit developed by Huwendiek and de Leng

While working on this case, I felt I had to make the same decisions a doctor would make in real life.

While working on this case, I felt I were the doctor caring for this patient.

While working through this case, I was actively engaged in gathering the information (e.g., history questions, physical exams, lab tests) I needed, to characterize the patient’s problem.

While working through this case, I was actively engaged in revising my initial image of the patient’s problem as new information became available.

While working through this case, I was actively engaged in creating a short summary of the patient’s problem using medical terms.

While working through this case, I was actively engaged in thinking about which findings supported or refuted each diagnosis in my differential diagnosis.

I felt that the case was at the appropriate level of difficulty for my level of training.

The questions I was asked while working through this case were helpful in enhancing my diagnostic reasoning in this case.

The feedback I received was helpful in enhancing my diagnostic reasoning in this case.

After completing this case, I feel better prepared to confirm a diagnosis and exclude differential diagnoses in a real life patient with this complaint.

After completing this case I feel better prepared to care for a real life patient with this complaint.

Overall, working through this case was a worthwhile learning experience.