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Theme issue 2018: Health professions digital education: what works best, when, for whom and at what cost? (19) Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Allied Health Professionals (120) Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Doctors (120) Training Tools for Medical Students (124) Virtual Patients (49)

Published on in Vol 21, No 7 (2019): July

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Virtual Patient Simulations in Health Professions Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

Virtual Patient Simulations in Health Professions Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

Virtual Patient Simulations in Health Professions Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration

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Andrzej A Kononowicz1 Author Orcid Image ;   Luke A Woodham2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Samuel Edelbring3, 4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Natalia Stathakarou3 Author Orcid Image ;   David Davies6 Author Orcid Image ;   Nakul Saxena7 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorainne Tudor Car8, 9 Author Orcid Image ;   Jan Carlstedt-Duke10 Author Orcid Image ;   Josip Car11, 12 Author Orcid Image ;   Nabil Zary13, 14 Author Orcid Image
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Books/Policy Documents

  1. Blackmon S, Lanford T. Instructional Design Exemplars in eHealth and mHealth Education Interventions. View
  2. Tanner C, Gubrud-Howe P. Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Curricula in Nursing and Midwifery Education. View
  3. . Simulation and Game-Based Learning for the Health Professions. View
  4. . Simulation and Game-Based Learning for the Health Professions. View
  5. Macedo R, Silva C, Albouy B, San Juan A, Pystynen T. Next-Generation Applications and Implementations of Gamification Systems. View
  6. . Simulation and Game-Based Learning for the Health Professions. View
  7. . Simulation and Game-Based Learning for the Health Professions. View
  8. Dawidziuk A, Miller G, Malawana J. Biomedical Visualisation. View
  9. Wang Y, Shah M, Jimenez F, Wilson C, Ashiq M, Eagan B, Williamson Shaffer D. Advances in Quantitative Ethnography. View
  10. Crespi N, Drobot A, Minerva R. The Digital Twin. View
  11. Kharbech S, Abinahed J, Aboumarzouk O, El Ansari W, Al Ansari A, Balakrishnan S. Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain and 5G for the Digital Transformation of the Healthcare Industry. View
  12. Salloum A, Alfaisal R, Salloum S. Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Power and Dangers of ChatGPT in the Classroom. View
  13. Beltes C, Delantoni A, Orhan K. Digital Dentistry. View
  14. van As J, Cooke R. Integrating Cutting-Edge Technology Into the Classroom. View
  15. Ouanes K. Level Up! Exploring Gamification's Impact on Research and Innovation [Working Title]. View