Evaluating medical student engagement during virtual patient simulations: a sequential, mixed methods study.

McCoy, Lise; Pettit, Robin K; Lewis, Joy H.; Allgood, J. Aaron; Bay, Curt; Schwartz, Frederic N

doi:10.1186/s12909-016-0530-7

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Evaluating medical student engagement during virtual patient simulations: a sequential, mixed methods study.

Author(s): Lise McCoy, Robin Pettit, Joy H. Lewis, J. Aaron Allgood, Curt Bay, Frederic Schwartz

Publication date: 2016-01-16

Journal: BMC Medical Education

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Abstract

Student engagement is an important domain for medical education, however, it is difficult to quantify. The goal of this study was to investigate the utility of virtual patient simulations (VPS) for increasing medical student engagement. Our aims were specifically to investigate how and to what extent the VPS foster student engagement. This study took place at A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU-SOMA), in the USA.