Browser-based Assessment of Decision-making using virtual patients Generated by Expert peer Review

17 June 2011. Congratulations to Dr. Rakesh Patel and BADGER for winning the prize for Best presentation in Medicine, Biological Sciences and Psychology in the the Festival of Postgraduate Research.

The BADGER project - primarily funded by the East Midlands Deanery and the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - investigates the use of browser- or web-based virtual patients for developing clinical reasoning skills amongst health professionals.

Video Spotlight:

Student feedback on Virtual Ward software

Fourth-year medical students from University of Leicester speak about their experience of using the Virtual Ward software to learn clinical problem-solving and decision-making as part of the MBChB course.

Badger image courtesy of Andreas Photography on Flickr