Application and prospect of virtual standardized patient in psychiatry teaching
In view of the increasing severity of psychosomatic problems,it is urgent to train high-quality psychiatry professionals.Virtual standardized patient(VSP),computer programs that simulate real clinical diagnostic and therapeutic processes,have been used with remarkable success as a new method of medical education and training.This paper sorts out the application of VSP in the teaching of mental disorder diagnosis,empathic communication training,psychopharmacology teaching,and motivational interviewing teaching,aiming to provide ideas and reference for exploring new psychiatry teaching methods.