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A collaborative model for developing and maintaining virtual patients for medical education

Norman B. Berman Dartmouth Medical School, USA; NORMAN B. BERMAN, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, Executive Director of the Institute for Innovative Technology in Medical Education, and an Editor-In-Chief of MedU. He led the pedagogical development of CLIPP and SIMPLE.Correspondence[email protected]
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Leslie H. Fall Dartmouth Medical School, USA; LESLIE H. FALL, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School, Executive Director of the Institute for Innovative Technology in Medical Education, and an Editor-In-Chief of MedU. She led the project and curricular development of CLIPP and fmCASES.
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Alexander W. Chessman Medical University of South Carolina, USA; ALEXANDER W. CHESSMAN, MD, is a Professor of Family Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina and has served as a Medical Student Education Director for the MUSC's Department of Family Medicine since 1990. He is an Editor-in-Chief of fmCASES.
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Michael R. Dell Case Western Reserve University, USA; MICHAEL R. DELL, MD, is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is the Director of the Core Pediatrics Clerkship and the Pediatrics Acting Internship programs at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, and an Editor-in-Chief of CLIPP.
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Valerie J. Lang University of Rochester, USA; VALERIE J. LANG, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Rochester College of Medicine and the Director of the Internal Medicine Clerkship and Sub-Internship. She is a Chair of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine SIMPLE Committee and an Editor-in-Chief of SIMPLE.
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Shou Ling Leong Pennsylvania State University, USA; SHOU LING LEONG, MD, is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Associate Vice-Chair for Education and the Director for the Family Medicine Clerkship at Penn State College of Medicine, and is an Editor-in-Chief of fmCASES.
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L. James Nixon University of Minnesota, USA; L. JAMES NIXON, MD, is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota College of Medicine. He is the Internal Medicine Clerkship Director and the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Medicine. He is a Co-Editor-In-Chief of SIMPLE.
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Sherilyn Smith University of Washington, USA; SHERILYN SMITH, MD, is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington College of Medicine She is currently the Associate Pediatric Medical Student Clerkship Director, Director of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship, and an Editor-in-Chief of CLIPP. Her academic interests are curriculum design, evaluation, clinical skills teaching and clinical reasoning.
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Pages 319-324 | Published online: 01 Apr 2011

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