Clinical Encounters: Alan

Clinical Encounters: Alan is a challenging, branched-path educational game for medical and other health professional students focusing on the evaluation of alcohol use and appropriate interventions. Within a simulated patient encounter, you will experience the short-term and long-term impact of your clinical choices. In the Alan case, you will be challenged to:

~ Develop a doctor-patient alliance with Mr. Baker, one with mutual candor and trust.
~ Recommend diagnostic procedures and identify any other medical problems you uncover.
~ Discuss a health concern discovered during the appointment that is not related to his chief complaint and determine an appropriate response.

You will complete typical steps of a patient encounter and receive feedback after each step: 

~ Review case history
~ Complete an evaluation, diagnosis, and brief intervention
~ Make a plan of care for your patient

Feedback is color-coded to let you know whether you made the best selection, a less than ideal selection, or an incorrect selection. With the ability to retry a section or continue down paths to see impacts of different decisions, you will learn by doing without causing real-world negative outcomes.