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Initially, the University of Leicester decided to use our 'simulated model' with case study patientsus with actors, but after some time they switched to our 'hybrid model' with patient volunteers.
Year 1 students work in started to involve real patient volunteers, to teach students remote consultation skills.
Eery year, around 300 students work divided into groups to talk with patients with long-term conditions on the ‘discussion’ side of the platform, while year 2 students work to help patients adopt healthier lifestyles .As this story demonstrates, the use of PKB is flexible to the universities needs, and is absolutely possible to start with a model and then chance to another one.using PKB secure messaging feature
Newcastle University Medical School
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First year medical students used our platform with our ‘simulated model’case study records: module leads have created case studies of patients for whom students will be able to can view care plans, input medications and view test results.
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The University of Manchester is the largest medical school in the UK, and it started using PKB in September 2021. In Since then, each academic year, 500 students, divided in 120 groups, interacts interact on our platform.
They are using the ‘simulated model’: the The professors gave us some case study data, from based on which we created some case study patients in our servers. The students look at those fictitious patients on PKB and try to solve the medical case, in the context of problem based learning, practising their patients management skills.
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LJMU University has used PKB since 2019, initially choosing our 'simulated model', and then switching to the 'hybrid' onewith case study patients, then with students role-playing, and later with actual patient volunteers.
Year 1 pharmacy school students took on the simulated role of the patient and focussed on communicating with Year 3 students who in turn, simulated the role of the pharmacists. Year 2 students also worked with Year 4 students in this way.
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The university switched then to our hybrid another model of use, with students allocated to work in groups and interacting with real patient volunteers.
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At City University midwifery course, PKB has been used since 2017 with the ‘simulated model’. Our platform is used to help with the interactive storytelling element of the module, allowing the students to get an opportunity to use technology in their communications with their patients and enhance the students' understanding of the holistic care of a patient.
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Our work with the University of Winchester began in June 2022, and involved 30 students from the Department of Nursing, utilising the ‘simulated model’ of PKB during a virtual placement. This use has been repeated also the following year, with new students.
In September of 2022, PKB was used for the first time also by the Physiotherapy School at the same university, during their “Simulated placement preparation week”. More than a hundred students logged into our platform and looked at 2 case study patients, patient records - that displayed data such as diagnosis, medications, and ED notes - while interacting with a patient actor. The students were then asked to fill in some care plans for the patients: a respiratory assessment one and a musculoskeletal one.
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The University of Suffolk started using PKB in June 2023, similarly to the University of Winchester, during a nursing simulated placement.
The nursing students, who are were doing a 7 week simulated placement, are were using PKB to review two case study patients per week, each representing the clinical specialty which is explored during the week, such as respiratory, cardiac, neurological, mental health... Activities on the platform include included filling in a careplan, reviewing their the medications, discussing the management programmes, assessing the test results, and considering social and nursing support.
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