€˜Virtual consultation’ training for junior doctors launched at University of Leicester

University of Leicester’s Medical School is putting online consultation at the heart of its teaching curriculum for first year medical students – a first for any university in the UK. From early October, the University’s Department of Medical Education will be teaching all its first year students how to hold online consultations using Patients Know Best, the world’s first fully patient-controlled online medical records system. According to www.inloughborough.com, 176 of the University of Leicester’s students of Medicine will be taught how to hold consultations online with ‘virtual patients’ – ordinary people who will simulate live consultation scenarios with the students.