What’s new in InSimu Pro app? Unified cross-platform experience on web and mobile: start to solve a case on desktop, continue on-the-go with the mobile app. The interface will be the same.Descriptions: clinical cases with educational descriptions for 10 different diseases within cardiology, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, pulmonology, oncology, pediatrics and dermatology specialities.Design: we made frequently
Breaking news! InSimu, The Virtual Patient Platform, has launched the most requested medical features together with a new mobile and web application! What’s new? 111 virtual patients with: Chest X-ray & ECG images 14 clinical scenarios with: Real-life dermatology pictures 500 clinical cases with educational descriptions for 10 different diseases within cardiology, emergency medicine, infectious diseases, pulmonology,
1. The forms of learning – learning by doing Kong Qiu (alias Confucius) said ca. 500 BC that „I hear and I forget, I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” He already understood and iterated that the most effective way of learning is “learning by doing”. As demonstrated in the previous paper
1. The learning curve theory in medicine 1.1. What is the learning curve theory? The learning curve theory proposes that a learner’s efficiency in a task improves over time the more the learner performs the task. In other words, proficiency increases with practice (‘Uses promptos facit’ <lat.> = practice makes perfect). However, the learning curve
Rovsing’s sign is a sign of appendicitis, which was named after Niels Thorkild Rovsing, a Danish surgeon.
What is student engagement? Students are engaged when they are physically present in class, but they are eager to learn and collaborate with fellow students. They generally show a positive attitude towards the studying activities. Studies found that students’ active involvement and engagement strongly contribute to their academic success. So when it comes to medical
The medical education expert team of InSimu has collected a bunch of best practices about how to use virtual patients in clinical teaching efficiently.
This international report has been created because, at InSimu, we wanted to help the stakeholders of clinical training to understand these seismic shifts in medical education and offer insight into the future of distance medical learning.
