Design strategy for a scalable virtual pharmacy patient

P.F. Summons; D Newby; R Athauda; M Park; P. Shaw; I Pranata; J.S. Jin; Y.D. Xu

Design strategy for a scalable virtual pharmacy patient

P.F. Summons, D Newby, R Athauda, M Park, P. Shaw, I Pranata, J.S. Jin, Y.D. Xu

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This paper reports on the completion of the first stage of research of a pilot study undertaken in collaboration by 3 Australian universities. The pilot involves the development of a virtual pharmacy patient (VPP) as a study of its effects on student learning when it is used as a formative assessment tool for pharmacy students in interviewing and diagnosing a patient. The design criteria that have been incorporated into the virtual patient system are described. The novelty of this system is in its ability to track and report on the style and appropriateness of student questioning of a virtual pharmacy patient. One of the main problems in this type of system is recognition of free-text student questions. An overview of the pragmatic solution to this and the systems potential as a tool to generate a lexicon for more complex question recognition is presented. © 2008 Summons, P.F., Newby, D., Athauda, R., Park, M., Shaw, P., Pranata, I., Jin, J.S., Xu, Y.D.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Editors	H Scheepers, M Davern
Place of Publication	Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Publisher	Monash University Publishing
Pages	96-110
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9780646525709
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems - Melbourne Duration: 2 Dec 2009 → 4 Dec 2009

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Conference	20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Period	2/12/09 → 4/12/09

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Summons, P. F., Newby, D., Athauda, R., Park, M., Shaw, P., Pranata, I., Jin, J. S., & Xu, Y. D. (2009). Design strategy for a scalable virtual pharmacy patient. In H. Scheepers, & M. Davern (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (pp. 96-110). Monash University Publishing. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84869119893&partnerID=40&md5=26cc64b4e851dc517aebaed60cc32376

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Design strategy for a scalable virtual pharmacy patient. / Summons, P.F.; Newby, D; Athauda, R et al.
Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Systems. ed. / H Scheepers; M Davern. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Monash University Publishing, 2009. p. 96-110.

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