About this resource
Frederic Michard, Adrian Wong and Vanina Kanoore Edul published this narrative review in Critical Care on 3 January 2025. Alongside graphical monitoring displays, echocardiography and videomicroscopy, it discusses animated patient avatars and cites research on Visual Patient.
Editorial summary by VTRG. Original resource: Frederic Michard, MD, PhD 🚀.
The Visual Patient Avatar connection
In the section “Anatomical or metaphorical displays”, the review describes animated patient avatars and their potential to support situation awareness and reduce cognitive workload. References 17–19 include the 2023 review by Gasciauskaite and colleagues, the distraction study by Pfarr and colleagues, and the ICU study by Bergauer and colleagues.
The latter specifically evaluated Visual Patient Avatar ICU in computer-based scenarios. Participants retrieved more information, reported greater diagnostic confidence and experienced lower perceived workload than with conventional monitoring.