Table 1.
Participant characteristics (% of participants in each intervention group)
| VP Case (n = 23) | PowerPoint (n = 29) | Chi square P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level of training | 0.799 | ||
| 1–2 years medical student | 13 | 17 | |
| 3–4 years medical student | 61 | 52 | |
| Resident | 26 | 31 | |
| Time from last IM rotation | 0.965 | ||
| No previous IM rotation | 26 | 24 | |
| > 6 months | 13 | 10 | |
| 3–6 months | 13 | 17 | |
| < 3 months | 26 | 21 | |
| Currently in IM rotation | 22 | 28 | |
| Initial objectives | N/A | ||
| Review knowledge | 87 | 90 | |
| Acquire new medical expert knowledge | 65 | 52 | |
| Improve non-medical expert competency | 17 | 10 | |
| Application of knowledge | 52 | 66 | |
| Recruited for research | 4 | 0 | |
| Previous exposure to virtual patients | 0.313 | ||
| None | 87 | 76 | |
| Any virtual patient cases | 13 | 24 | |
| Self evaluation of ability to: | |||
| Diagnose UGIB | 0.064 | ||
| Excellent | 0 | 3 | |
| Very good | 43 | 28 | |
| Satisfactory | 35 | 59 | |
| Unremarkable | 4 | 10 | |
| Poor | 17 | 0 | |
| Manage UGIB | 0.394 | ||
| Excellent | 0 | 3 | |
| Very good | 22 | 14 | |
| Satisfactory | 48 | 66 | |
| Unremarkable | 9 | 10 | |
| Poor | 22 | 7 | |
| Handover | 0.340 | ||
| Excellent | 4 | 3 | |
| Very good | 26 | 14 | |
| Satisfactory | 48 | 69 | |
| Unremarkable | 13 | 14 | |
| Poor | 9 | 0 | |
| Write admission orders | 0.284 | ||
| Excellent | 4 | 3 | |
| Good | 26 | 10 | |
| Satisfactory | 43 | 55 | |
| Unremarkable | 13 | 28 | |
| Poor | 13 | 3 | |
| OGD consent | 0.518 | ||
| Excellent | 0 | 0 | |
| Very good | 13 | 10 | |
| Satisfactory | 22 | 41 | |
| Unremarkable | 43 | 31 | |
| Poor | 22 | 17 | |
VP virtual patient, UGIB upper gastrointestinal bleed, OGD oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy