AUDITORIUM PRESENTATION
Virtual Skills Lab: an Extensive e-Learning Tool for
Clinical Skills
Dr. Raphael Bonvin,
ABSTRACT:
Virtual Skills Lab
(VSL) is an interactive online learning tool for clinical skills that are part
of the core undergraduate medical curriculum. The content of VSL consists of
numerous structured high-quality movies that present all the skills in a
didactic step-by-step manner without loosing a clinically realistic view. The
first modules are patient-doctor communication, general examination,
cardio-vascular, respiratory, Ob-Gyn, musculoskeletal system, abdomen,
pediatrics, and neurology, HNO.
VSL is the
Swiss-army-knife for learning clinical skills. The modular organization of the
skills allows for a flexible integration into the various Swiss medical
curricula that range from traditional to PBL-type. VSL can be used as look-up
reference work, as an online tutorial preceding clinical or simulated
encounters or as a complement to a real skills lab. The program will be
available in three languages: English, French and German. It will be fully
implemented into the curriculum of all four participating Universities during
academic year 2004-05. VSL will be accessible to the Internet community at no
charge (http://www.virtualskillslab.net/).
Virtual Skills Lab is
the result of a collaborative work of four Swiss medical schools.
The development is
financially promoted by the Swiss Virtual Campus and all four partner
Universities. Project lead: University of Lausanne, Switzerland
BENEFIT TO PARTICIPANTS ATTENDING SESSION: Are you looking for a comprehensive, extensive and
validated on-line learning tool for clinical skills? We might have something
for you! Virtual Skills Lab is filled with high-quality video on clinical
skills; it's flexible and available in English, French, and German at no cost.
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Dr. Raphael Bonvin Unite pedagogique FacultÈ de biologie
et de mÈdecine Bugnon 21 1005 Lausanne,
Switzerland Phone: +41-21-692
5021 Fax: +41-21-692
5035 mailto:raphael.bonvin@fbm.unil.ch Website: http://www.virtualskillslab.ch/ |
CO-AUTHORS: Ronald P. Pfister,
Rudolph Groos, Prof. Fred Bosman - University of Lausanne Dr. Peter Frey,
University of Bern Dr. Philippe
Hubert, University of Geneva Prof. Ferenc Follath, University of Zürich Website: www.virtualskillslab.net and www.unil.ch/fbm/ |