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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Medical Ambassadors: Teaching Medicine Internationally

Language, culture and international exchange of virtual patients.
QUESTION: Is it feasible to develop a virtual patient based educational program in Romania, with cases in English, and developed in a non-Romanian setting?

METHOD: 4th year Romanian medical students underwent training in English with 8 virtual patients. The cases were taught in both Romanian and English. Several cases came from the U.S.

RESULTS: There were no significant differences between student performance on the Romanian vs. English version of virtual patients.

CONCLUSION: The development of a virtual patient educational program in English appears to be feasible, cost-effective and in accordance with the globalization of medical education, even in countries were English is not the native language.

BMC Med Educ. 2013;13:21

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