Experience in Conducting Communicative Trainings Using Virtual Patients

Abstract

The educational technology of using a virtual patient (VP) for teaching communication skills is an innovation for medical education in the Russian Federation. The work describes the theoretical, practical, technological features of the introduction of VP into the educational program of higher education in the specialty 31.05.01 "Medicine" (I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University); demonstrates the design of an assessment system using the blueprinting method; summarizes the results of a survey of students on satisfaction with communicative trainings with the use of VP.