Virtual scenarios for cardiac surgery are developed and improved within projects’ activities of the authors and their primary aim is to foster development of critical thinking in students of medical and healthcare disciplines. Individual patient simulations contribute to the case-based learning approach that is learning style close to the needs of practice. Furthermore, we expect their better preparation for bedside teaching.
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Authors developed and share OpenLabyrinth virtual patient cases for the cardiac surgery.
VP CARDIAC-SURG Case 1
by Mihail Enache, Andrei Tarus and Alberto Bacusca
A 25-year-old female had presented with dyspnea on exertion since she was 10 years old, with sudden worsening for 5 months along with palpitations on exertion. The patient was apparently well until 10 years of age when she started experiencing dyspnea on exertion that relieved with rest. The symptoms were insidious in onset and progressed gradually. At presentation she describes a worsening dyspnea in the past 5 months with paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea and orthopnea. At present, she can walk only 200 meters at a stretch.
VP CARDIAC-SURG Case 2
by Mihail Enache, Andrei Tarus and Alberto Bacusca
A 70-year-old man presents to his primary care physician complaining of 1 year history of retrosternal chest pain irradiating in left hand, triggered by physical activity, 4 months of progressive shortness of breath on exertion and one episode of syncope, without neurological sequela. He first recognizes having to catch his breath while gardening and is now unable to walk up the stairs in his house without stopping, the syncope was preceded by weight lifting. Previously he was healthy and active without similar complaints.
| Link | Date | Availability [?] | Clinically sensitive [?] | Licence | |
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| VP CARDIAC-SURG Case 1 | 27.2.2022 | MEFANET user | – |  |
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| VP CARDIAC-SURG Case 2 | 27.2.2022 | MEFANET user | – | |
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Keywords: virtual patient, virtual case, cardiac surgery
citation: Jaroslav Majerník, Adrian Ciureanu, Daniel Schwarz: CLEVER Cardiac Surgery Virtual Patients Cases. Multimedia support in the education of clinical and health care disciplines :: Portal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine [online] , [cit. 26. 04. 2024]. Available from WWW: https://portal.lf.upjs.sk/articles.php?aid=110. ISSN 1337-7000.