Initial Evaluation of a Virtual Pediatric Patient System

The most commonly used technique for teaching student nurses patient interviewing skills is reenacting written scenarios with classmates. Unfortunately, this is far from simulating the real world experiences that they will soon encounter. The Virtual Pediatric Patient System is designed to help baccalaureate nursing students prepare for real patient interactions by allowing them to practice interviewing skills with virtual characters. In this paper we describe our system and report on a usability evaluation conducted with experienced nursing faculty.

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