PATSy and VL-PATSy: Online Case-Based Training for Healthcare Professionals

This paper describes PATSy, an online repository of virtual patient cases for training and research for >students and practitioners in the clinical sciences. A typical student session with PATSy is illustrated. An extension to PATSy that adds vicarious learning resources (VL-PATSy) is also described. The concept of vicarious learning is outlined and results from a study of learning outcomes from VL-PATSy are presented. PATSy and VL-PATSy will be demonstrated at the symposium.