Perceptions and Satisfaction of Medical Interns with a Virtual Patient Simulator in the Continuous Learning Process: A Pilot Study at Cheikh Khalifa International University Hospital of Casablanca

Vollständiger Abstract

Worum geht es in dieser Arbeit?

Virtual patient simulators (VPS) are computer-based programmes in which students mimic the role of healthcare providers while caring for virtual patients. They are part of virtual simulation.This work aims to study perceptions and satisfaction with VPS in the continuous learning process of medical interns at the Cheikh Khalifa international university hospital of Casablanca (HCK), as a new virtual simulation technology resource for medical simulation training.The experiment was carried out with 68 medical interns from HCK, followed by the administration of two questionnaires: pre-session (U0 = 27 items) and post-session (U1 = 25 items). All items were assessed on a 7-point Likert scale; the quality of the structure and formulation of the items was approved by the value of Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the order of 0.894 for U0 and 0.941 for U1. Only participants who met the study criteria were included in the final sample, in the order of 22 medical interns, and statistical analysis was carried out using IBM SPSS 26 software.The results show that medical interns are accepting of the use of the VPS in virtual simulation teaching in medicine. and that participants perceived the tool as useful for supporting their continuous learning process. Received: 23 March 2026 / Accepted: 18 August 2026 / Published: September 2026