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Norman B Berman¹, Leslie H Fall, Alexander W Chessman

¹Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, NH, USA. norman.berman@dartmouth.edu

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Health Professions Education
Educational Technology

Background:

Widespread adoption of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in medical education faces challenges.
Virtual patients represent a specific type of CAI with significant educational potential.
Existing models for curriculum development and innovation diffusion have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe a successful collaborative model for the development and maintenance of virtual patient programs.
To compare this model to existing frameworks for innovation diffusion and curriculum development.
To demonstrate the model's scalability and potential for financial self-sustainability.

Main Methods:

Described a seven-component collaborative development and maintenance model for virtual patients.
Extended the model from one medical discipline to two additional disciplines through partnerships.
Compared the collaborative model to established diffusion of innovation and curriculum development theories.

Main Results:

The collaborative model facilitated broad adoption of virtual patient programs.
The model enabled the transition of programs from grant dependency to financial self-sustainability.
The model's success was demonstrated through its expansion into new medical disciplines.

Conclusions:

The described collaborative model is effective for developing and maintaining virtual patient programs in medical education.
This collaborative approach can achieve broad utilization and financial viability for educational technology.
The model offers a transferable framework for other learning environments and CAI development.