Open Labyrinth – a Web Application for Medical Education Using Virtual Patients

Authors

  • Tudor CĂLINICI “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania.
  • Valentin MUNTEAN “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, 13 Emil Isac, 400023 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania.

Keywords:

Virtual patients, Medical education, Labyrinths, eVip.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present an application, implemented and used at “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj Napoca for medical education, The application, called Open Labyrinth is an open source, web based application, developed using ASP technology, very useful for medical education using virtual patients technology. All the virtual patients developed using this application are MedBiquitos compliant. This application was implemented at University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj-Napoca, part of eVip Project. There were developed four virtual patients, three of them were included in eVip database. The user friendly interface, the compliance with the standards, the level of IT knowledge request for the case developers make this application a useful tool for medical education at the clinical level. 

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Published

24.01.2011

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CĂLINICI T, MUNTEAN V. Open Labyrinth – a Web Application for Medical Education Using Virtual Patients. Appl Med Inform [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 24 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];27(4):15-20. Available from: https://ami.info.umfcluj.ro/index.php/AMI/article/view/17

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