Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (14)

Experiencing a virtual patient to practice patient counselling skills (2021)
Journal Article
Lucy Richardson, C., Chapman, S., & White, S. (2021). Experiencing a virtual patient to practice patient counselling skills. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 13(12), 1593-1601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2021.09.048

Introduction Virtual patients (VPs) are a safe and standardised method of simulating clinical environments but few studies have explored health care professional's experiences of learning via a VP. This study explored how users experienced and used a... Read More about Experiencing a virtual patient to practice patient counselling skills.

Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation. (2021)
Journal Article
Lucy Richardson, C., Chapman, S., & White, S. (2021). Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, 4, Article 100069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2021.100069

Background: An animated, video-based, virtual patient (VP) has been developed to allow pharmacists to learn how, and practice how, to advise patients taking non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants, a group of high-risk medicines. VPs are well-established r... Read More about Establishing the acceptability and usability of an animated virtual patient simulation..

Measuring the educational benefits of using a virtual patient to practice pharmacist-patient consultations (2021)
Journal Article
Richardson, C. L., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2021). Measuring the educational benefits of using a virtual patient to practice pharmacist-patient consultations. Pharmacy Education, 382 - 389. https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2021.211.382389

Objective: Virtual patients (VPs) are a method of simulating clinical practice however little is known about their use by healthcare professionals. This study explores if, and how, one VP is educationally beneficial for pharmacists and pre-registrati... Read More about Measuring the educational benefits of using a virtual patient to practice pharmacist-patient consultations.

Interactive Clinical Avatar Use in Pharmacist Preregistration Training: Design and Review (Preprint) (2020)
Journal Article
Thompson, J., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2020). Interactive Clinical Avatar Use in Pharmacist Preregistration Training: Design and Review (Preprint). Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(11), 1-46. https://doi.org/10.2196/17146

Background: Virtual patients are interactive computer-based simulations that are being increasingly used in modern health care education. They have been identified as tools that can provide experiential learning and assessment in a standardized and... Read More about Interactive Clinical Avatar Use in Pharmacist Preregistration Training: Design and Review (Preprint).

Virtual patients as a tool for training pre-registration pharmacists and increasing their preparedness to practice: A qualitative study (2020)
Journal Article
Thompson, J., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2020). Virtual patients as a tool for training pre-registration pharmacists and increasing their preparedness to practice: A qualitative study. PloS one, 15(8), Article e0238226. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238226

Virtual patients are an active learning pedagogical tool which simulate clinical scenarios in a three-dimensional environment. Their use in pharmacy education is under-researched in comparison to other healthcare professions. In the United Kingdom, p... Read More about Virtual patients as a tool for training pre-registration pharmacists and increasing their preparedness to practice: A qualitative study.

Actual vs. Perceived Competency Development-How Can Virtual Patients Impact Pharmacist Pre-Registration Training? (2020)
Journal Article
Thompson, J., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2020). Actual vs. Perceived Competency Development-How Can Virtual Patients Impact Pharmacist Pre-Registration Training?. Pharmacy, 8(3), Article 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8030138

Virtual patients are an active learning pedagogical tool that simulate clinical scenarios. There is an established disparity in pre-registration examination pass rates depending on whether individuals complete their training in a community or hospita... Read More about Actual vs. Perceived Competency Development-How Can Virtual Patients Impact Pharmacist Pre-Registration Training?.

Virtual patient technology to educate pharmacists and pharmacy students on patient communication: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Richardson, C. L., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2019). Virtual patient technology to educate pharmacists and pharmacy students on patient communication: a systematic review. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 332 - 338. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2019-000514

Background Virtual patients (VPs) are a sub-type of healthcare simulation that have been underutilised in health education. Their use is increasing, but applications are varied, as are designs, definitions and evaluations. Previous reviews have been... Read More about Virtual patient technology to educate pharmacists and pharmacy students on patient communication: a systematic review.

Virtual patient technology to teach pharmacists NOAC counselling – Questionnaire development, validation and pilot (2019)
Journal Article
Richardson, C., White, S., & Chapman, S. (2019). Virtual patient technology to teach pharmacists NOAC counselling – Questionnaire development, validation and pilot. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, A77 - A77. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2019-aspihconf.142

Abstract Background Keele University has developed a virtual patient (VP) educational tool to teach pharmacists how to conduct non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (NOAC) counselling. The VP’s use will be evaluated, but in order to do so, a validated da... Read More about Virtual patient technology to teach pharmacists NOAC counselling – Questionnaire development, validation and pilot.

Virtual patient educational intervention for the development of shared decision-making skills: a pilot study. (2019)
Journal Article
Jacklin, S., Chapman, S., & Maskrey, N. (2019). Virtual patient educational intervention for the development of shared decision-making skills: a pilot study. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 215 - 217

Background: Shared decision-making (SDM) involves a healthcare professional and a patient forming a congruent partnership, within which information is shared and decisions are made which align with the patient's values. SDM does not occur to the exte... Read More about Virtual patient educational intervention for the development of shared decision-making skills: a pilot study..

Stereotypical behaviours of healthcare students in interprofessional clinical simulations (2019)
Journal Article
Berry, J., Maddock, K., & Chapman, S. (2019). Stereotypical behaviours of healthcare students in interprofessional clinical simulations. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 27(S2), 10 - 11

Conference abstract, from Abstracts of Papers Presented at the Health Services Research & Pharmacy Practice Conference, 8–9 April 2019, Birmingham, UK

Improving Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Clinicians: Design and Development of a Virtual Patient Simulation Tool. (2018)
Journal Article
Jacklin, S., Maskrey, N., & Chapman, S. (2018). Improving Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Clinicians: Design and Development of a Virtual Patient Simulation Tool. JMIR Medical Education, e10088 - ?. https://doi.org/10.2196/10088

BACKGROUND: Shared decision making (SDM) involves the formation of a collaborative partnership between the patient and clinician combining both of their expertise in order to benefit decision making. In order for clinicians to be able to carry out th... Read More about Improving Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Clinicians: Design and Development of a Virtual Patient Simulation Tool..

Virtual patient educational programme to teach counselling to clinical pharmacists: development and proof of concept (2018)
Journal Article
Richardson, C. L., Chapman, S., & White, S. (2019). Virtual patient educational programme to teach counselling to clinical pharmacists: development and proof of concept. BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning, 5(3), 167-169. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2018-000352

Pharmacist–patient counselling can benefit patients and optimise care, but appropriate training is required. A virtual patient (VP) tool to teach pharmacists non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant counselling was developed; the VP may be used for continuin... Read More about Virtual patient educational programme to teach counselling to clinical pharmacists: development and proof of concept.

The effect of new biosimilars in rheumatology and gastroenterology specialities on UK healthcare budgets: Results of a budget impact analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Aladul, M. I., Fitzpatrick, R. W., & Chapman, S. R. (2019). The effect of new biosimilars in rheumatology and gastroenterology specialities on UK healthcare budgets: Results of a budget impact analysis. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 15(3), 310-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.05.009

Background: The approval of new biosimilars of infliximab, etanercept and adalimumab by the European Medicines Agency is expected to produce further cost savings to the healthcare system budget. Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the budg... Read More about The effect of new biosimilars in rheumatology and gastroenterology specialities on UK healthcare budgets: Results of a budget impact analysis.