Repurposing Virtual Patientsfor

Scenario Based Learning

David ToppsNishan Sharma

Sonya LeeAlaa Aboulhoda

Peter ColbertICRE workshop, Sept 2013

Timetable

What is SBL?

Activity theory Miller's Pyramid

Fink'sSignificantlearning

Situated Learning Theory

SBL ComponentsTask

deliverable

Trigger event

Scenario data

Guidance & instruction

Feedback

Reflection

What’s it good for?

• Critical thinking• (Clinical) Decision Making• High stakes tasks

SBL ≠ Simulation

Practicum ContinuumEllaway, Kneebone, Lachapelle, Topps

Med Teach 2009, Aug;31(8):725-31

Learn from your mistakes

“...the way that you do it”

“Focus not only on correct or incorrect answer but the process used to derive that

answer”Ruth Colvin Clark

Cognitive task analysis

• “Expert voices the task aloud as she performs or reflects back”

• “heuristics that underpin skilled problem solving are frequently tacit knowledge”

Dynia Study Protocol

• Webinars• Virtual patients• Secure forum

Not Virtual Reality

Choose Your Own Adventure

SCT pattern design examples

Reasonable choices

Various forms of input

How does Disney do it?

Simulation bookending

Case examples

• Nishan – Camping• Sonya – Lackadaisical Larry• Alaa – Abdominal Pain• Peter – Bob’s Blues• David – Chester Angermeier

OpenLabyrinth login

• http://demo.openlabyrinth.ca/• Username: demo1... to... demo8• Password: demo

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