title: Revealing the conceptual substrate of biomedical cognitive models to the wider community.
abstract: The patient authoring interface for each disease in the Maryland Virtual Patient simulation environment reveals the conceptual substrate of the disease model. Revealing the disease model to the community both explains how the interactive simulations work and invites collaboration from the wider community.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McShane
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jarrell
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fantry
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nirenburg
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beale
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004935:Esophageal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D016544:Patient Simulation; D014584:User-Computer Interface