Repurposing Virtual Patients
for
Scenario Based Learning
David Topps
Nishan Sharma
Sonya Lee
Alaa Aboulhoda
Peter Colbert
ICRE workshop, Sept 2013
Timetable
What is SBL?
Activity theory
Fink's
Significant
learning
Miller's Pyramid
Situated
Learning
Theory
SBL Components
Task
deliverable
Reflection
Trigger event
Feedback
Scenario
data
Guidance &
instruction
What’s it good for?
• Critical thinking
• (Clinical) Decision Making
• High stakes tasks
SBL ≠ Simulation
Practicum Continuum
Ellaway, Kneebone, Lachapelle, Topps
Med Teach 2009, Aug;31(8):725-31
Learn from your mistakes
“...the way that you do it”
“Focus not only on correct or incorrect
answer but the process used to derive
that answer”
Ruth Colvin Clark
Cognitive task analysis
• “Expert voices the task aloud as she performs
or reflects back”
• “heuristics that underpin skilled problem
solving are frequently tacit knowledge”
Dynia Study Protocol
• Webinars
• Virtual patients
• Secure forum
Not Virtual Reality
Choose Your Own Adventure
SCT pattern design examples
Reasonable choices
Various forms of input
How does Disney do it?
Simulation bookending
Case examples
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Nishan – Camping
Sonya – Lackadaisical Larry
Alaa – Abdominal Pain
Peter – Bob’s Blues
David – Chester Angermeier
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