Description: Virtual patients represent a kind of serious games with interactive form of education, which perfectly complements traditional forms of learning. This gamification of learning facilitates development of specific skills such as clinical reasoning, decision making and critical thinking.
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A virtual patient is an interactive computer simulation of a real clinical situation or a case that is designed for medical education
Virtual patients represent a kind of serious games with interactive form of education, which perfectly complements traditional forms of learning. This gamification of learning facilitates development of specific skills such as clinical reasoning, decision making and critical thinking.
Adoption and integration of these computer simulations into the learning process has been found highly beneficial by learners and educators alike.