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Claudia Peñaloza-Salazar1, Jose Gutierrez-Maldonado, Marta Ferrer-Garcia
1University of Barcelona, Spain. claudia_penaloza@hotmail.com
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|June 21, 2011
Abstract:
Diagnostic interviews in Psychology require the mastery of several skills and abilities that are required and need to be trained. The purpose of this study was to develop a virtual environment that simulates a situation where trainees can interact with virtual patients. The usability of the application was assessed. Results suggested that simulated interviews are a friendly and motivating tool to train diagnostic abilities in psychology students.