Virtual patients with substance use disorders in healthcare professional education: a scoping review

Adèle Morvannou; Youssef Allami; Emilie Y Jobin

doi:10.36834/cmej.78344

Auteurs-es

Adèle Morvannou Université de Sherbrooke
Youssef Allami University of Calgary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-2405
Emilie Y Jobin Université de Sherbrooke

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.78344

Résumé

Contexte et objectif : Les simulations de patients virtuels sont des méthodes rentables pour la formation des professionnels de la santé. Pourtant, cette méthode d'enseignement est rarement utilisée par les cliniciens qui travaillent ou prévoient travailler avec des personnes ayant des troubles liés à l'utilisation de substances psychoactives. Cette analyse résume l'état actuel de la littérature concernant les simulations virtuelles de patients ayant des troubles liés à l'utilisation de substances dans le cadre de la formation des professionnels de la santé et propose des orientations futures.

Méthodes : Des bases de données en ligne ont été consultées pour trouver des articles évalués par des pairs et publiés entre janvier 2010 et juin 2024.

Résultats : Douze études ont été incluses. Les méthodes de développement, d'administration et d'évaluation des performances des simulations sont variées. La plupart des simulations visent à développer le dépistage, les interventions brèves ou les compétences d'orientation, elles ciblent une variété de disciplines des professionnels de la santé et rapportent des résultats d'apprentissage positifs. Les simulations virtuelles sont bien acceptées par les apprenants.

Conclusions : L'amélioration de la diversité des compétences cliniques et des populations de patients représentées dans les simulations, ainsi que le respect des meilleures pratiques en matière de développement et de mise en œuvre des simulations sont suggérés pour optimiser les résultats de la formation dans ce domaine essentiel de l'enseignement des soins de santé.

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