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System: CASUS
Design/structure: string of pearls/linear
Target audience: undergraduate students, postgraduate students, CME, schools
Users: Med-U (www.med-u.org), NetWorm (www.networm-online.eu), other universities and virtual universities in Europe (medical schools, dental schools, veterinary schools and CME)
In what educational setting: depends on VP, mostly used in independent learning settings, but also exams or other models
License Model: licence fee, distributed by Instruct
Website: www.casus.net
Contact: support@casus.net
System: CAMPUS System for Virtual Patients
Design/structure: CAMPUS uses different approaches for representing Virtual Patients using a simulative and a rapid e-learning player with one authoring system. Additionally, formative and secure, summative assessment software complement the didactic concepts. Mostly string of pearls/linear based.Target audience: Students, medical doctors
Users: Universities from Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
In what educational setting: All
Is this meant for PBL, independent learning, another learning model? CAMPUS offers three players: Simulative e-learning player, Web-based eViP capable player, and summative, secure, key feature capable exam player. It can be used for problem based learning, self-studying, simulative and rapid e-learning, formative or summative assessment.
License Model: Commercial or free for educational partners
Technical architecture: Can be used standalone, in a web browser or as adaptable SCORM package inside a learning management system. Runnable on all major OS.
Technical requirements: A modern browser for the Card-Player, additionally Java 6 for the other components.
Website: http://campus-virtual-patients.com
Contact: info@campus-virtual-patients.com
System: OpenLabyrinth
Design/structure: web application that allows users to build, run and analyse pathway-based applications. Pathways may be linear, branched or any other sequence format. Object referencing model allows for easy use and reuse of media, questions, avatars etc.
Target audience: any professional education and training program
Users: multiple institutions worldwide - this is an open source platform and implementers are not required to register - estimated currently ~30 deployments
In what educational setting: user defined - It can be used in multiple and very different settings. No explicit educational model is designed into the platform.
Is this meant for PBL, independent learning, another learning model? It can be used in multiple and very different settings. No explicit educational model is designed into the platform.
License Model: open source - Academic Free License v3.0
Technical architecture: currently ASP/VB with a beta Python version and a LAMP version in development
Technical requirements: Windows Server, IIS, MS SQL Server
Website: multiple:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlabyrinth/
Contact: rachel.ellaway@nosm.ca
System: DecisionSim (vpSim)
Design/structure: Web-based, software-as-a-service authoring, playback and management system for decision-based learning and assessment.
Target audience: all education levels and content domains but optimized for healthcare
Users: UK: St Georges Univ of London, Warwick University, University of the West. US: Northwestern University, Cleveland Clinic, University of Pittsburgh
In what educational setting: Typically for PBL, small group case studies, self-directed learning, formative and summative assessment. Also used for preparation and debriefing before and after physical simulator use.
License Model: annual license model, see www.DecisionSimulation.com
Technical architecture: ASP.NET, Flash
Technical requirements: any modern web browser (Mac, Win, IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome)
Website: www.DecisionSimulation.com
Contact: jbmcgee@decisionsimulation.com
TUSK
Design/structure: The TUSK virtual patient is part of a comprehensive enterprise educational system. The Case simulator is both string of pearls/linear and global. It has a simple web-based authoring interface and a player for the students. There is also a system coordinator interface used to enter default tests and values which are accessed by authors. The system contains rules that govern the student's ability to move on.
Target audience: undergraduate students, postgraduate students, CME, schools
Users: Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools at Tufts University and other users of TUSK in the US and in Africa and India
In what educational setting: The VP is used for independent learning and in small group learning sessions for Problem Based Learning and for Clinical Reasoning
License Model: Currently requires a free evaluation license, eventually this will be open source. There is a fee for service if you require Tufts help to install the system.
Technical Requirements: The system runs on Linux from the server side. The system can be access by any web browser.
Website: tusk.tufts.edu
Contact: tusk@tufts.edu
System: UChoose
Design/structure: Web-based authoring, playback and management system for scenario-based learning and assessment.
Target audience: All Healthcare educational audiences, but applicable to many other educational contexts
Users: St Georges University of London; University of the West of England, Bristol; University Hospitals Bristol (NHS Trusts)
In what educational setting: It can be used for problem based learning, self-studying, interactive scenarios and formative or summative assessment..
License Model: Closed, but very open to collaborative working with healthcare and educational partners.
Technical architecture: SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, Silverlight and HTML5
Technical requirements: any modern web browser (IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome)
Website: uchoose.uwe.ac.uk
Contact: let.uchoose@uwe.ac.uk