title: Multimedia clinical simulation based on patient records: authoring, user interface, pedagogy.
abstract: As an alternative to available computer-based clinical simulations that mimic patient encounters, we developed a clinical case simulation that more closely resembles the patient record. Our system, implemented in a Macintosh program called Short Rounds, features rapid and customized case authoring by editing a structured text file, a dynamic user interface that presents a case-specific screen layout, and a pedagogical model that is suitable for teaching third-year medical students. We believe this approach allows faculty members to create multimedia case simulations in shorter periods of time than in available clinical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Section on Medical Informatics, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5479.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Felciano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dev
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000193:education*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D016544:Patient Simulation; D011340:Problem Solving; D012984:Software; D013663:Teaching; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface