Creating an Interprofessional Virtual Patient: The Practicalities

A presentation from the e-Learning in Health conference 2011.

In this project a group of academics from medicine nursing pharmacy and biomedical sciences got together with an elearning developer to create a Virtual Patient (VP). The initial driver was a desire to explore how best to foster Inter-professional approaches to teaching. The vehicle chosen was a VP which would illustrate a complete 'patient journey' emphasising interprofessional collaboration. The use of a care pathway approach was chosen to highlight the interdependence of healthcare professionals to ensure the patient receives the optimum care.