title: An interactive learning environment for health care professionals.
abstract: This article summarizes experiences to date with building and deploying a clinical simulator that medical students use as part of a 3rd year primary care rotation. The simulated microworld helps students and health care professionals gain experience with and learn meta-cognitive skills for the care of complex patient populations that require treatment in the biopsychosocial-value dimensions. We explain lessons learned and next steps resulting from use of the program by over 300 users to date.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Care Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cobbs
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pincetl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Motta
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D016544:Patient Simulation; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface