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. 2012 Jun 18;76(5):92.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe76592.

Virtual patients in pharmacy education

Monique O Jabbur-Lopes  1 , Alessandra R Mesquita, Leila M A Silva, Abilio De Almeida Neto, Divaldo P Lyra Jr
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Virtual patients in pharmacy education

Monique O Jabbur-Lopes et al. Am J Pharm Educ. .

Abstract

A review of the literature relating to the use of virtual patients in teaching pharmaceutical care to pharmacy students was conducted. Only 7 articles met the inclusion criteria for the review and 4 of the studies were conducted in North America. Few articles identified by the review used virtual patient technology that was true-to-life and/or validated.

Keywords: pharmaceutical care; systematic review; virtual patient.

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