Calvin Ke and Terence Yung, first year internal medicine residents, and David Harris, a fifth year endocrinology resident, were awarded first place in the 2012 CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge for their virtual patient case titled Unforeseen Circumstances.
The CHEC-CESC Virtual Patient Challenge is part of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada – Infoway Physician in Training e-Health Curriculum and e-Learning Initiative, which aims to improve clinical practice and patient care by supporting medical school training on the effective clinical use of electronic health records and other information and communication technologies.
Unforeseen Circumstances focuses on an interprofessional approach to diabetes care, and incorporates the latest medical evidence and medical education principles. It will be featured at the Canadian Conference on Medical Education being held April 20 – 23 in Québec City.
The residents’ faculty advisor is Roger Wong, Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education and Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine.
Virtual patient cases are computer simulations of real life clinical scenarios used for medical education, training and assessment.