The first medical virtual patient case study revolves around a 35 year-old man with severe cerebral palsy who visits an urgent treatment center complaining of abdominal pain. An individual with a significant disability participated in development of all aspects of the case. The script was modeled after his real-life experiences. The second medical virtual patient case study involves a nine year-old child with autism with flu-like symptoms who visits his pediatrician with his mother.
The first nurse practitioner/physician assistant module involves a well adolescent visit for a 13 year old girl with Down syndrome, accompanied to the visit by her mother. The second module involves a follow-up visit for an infant born extremely prematurely (26 weeks gestational age).
The first dental module involves a 10 year old child with Down syndrome accompanied to his dental check-up by his father and the second module portrays young adult with deaf-blindness who visits the dentist complaining of a tooth ache. He is accompanied by his personal care assistant.
Finally, the seventh module in the series, the Women’s Health Module, is an interdisciplinary module, designed to present student practitioners with the issues for a young women with an intellectual disability who visits her primary care provider for gynecological care. This module touches upon such issues as strategies to reduce anxiety about the physical exam, breast self-examinations, awareness of potential sexual activity and contraception, and the issues of sexual abuse.
Project Principal Investigator: Harold L. Kleinert, Ed.D.