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Discover how the Shadow Health Digital Clinical Experiences™ help 82% of learners increase efficiency. Our research-backed program helps improve data collection, therapeutic communication, and care planning.
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White paper highlights
- 62% of learners showed a decrease in overall time spent with the virtual patient from the pre-test to the post-test assignment.
- When it came to the learners’ ability to recognize and act on patient needs for education and empathy, 67% of learners showed an increase in their therapeutic communication statements per minute from the pre-test to the post-test assignment.
- Finally, the quality of the care plans learners created also improved from the pre-test to the post-test assignment, with 68% of learners showing an increase in the number of correct care plan components identified per minute.