title: Virtual patients in pharmacy education.
abstract: A review of the literature relating to the use of virtual patients in teaching pharmaceutical care to pharmacy students was conducted. Only 7 articles met the inclusion criteria for the review and 4 of the studies were conducted in North America. Few articles identified by the review used virtual patient technology that was true-to-life and/or validated.
authors: College of Pharmacy, Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil
authors: Monique O
authors: MO
authors: Jabbur-Lopes
authors: Alessandra R
authors: AR
authors: Mesquita
authors: Leila M A
authors: LM
authors: Silva
authors: Abilio
authors: A
authors: De Almeida Neto
authors: Divaldo P
authors: DP
authors: Lyra
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014584:User-Computer Interface