A new study has found that the use of virtual patient simulations (VPS) can significantly enhance the clinical and psychological skills of medical students, while also underscoring the need for further development in communication-based training.
The findings were presented by Zahraa Shihab, a student in the Digital Education Programme at the College of Education, Administrative and Technical Sciences at Arabian Gulf University (AGU), during the defence of her master’s thesis.
Her work, titled ‘The Effectiveness of Virtual Patient Simulations in Clinical Competency Training and User Experience Among Medical Students’, was completed as part of the academic outputs of the His Majesty King Hamad Chair in Digital Education.
