Web-Based AI-Driven Virtual Patient Simulator Versus Actor-Based Simulation for Teaching Consultation Skills: Multicenter Randomized Crossover Study
AI-CST and AB-CST were both effective at improving self-reported communication skills attainment, but AI-CST was slightly inferior to AB-CST. Student satisfaction was significantly greater for AB-CST. Costs of AI-CST were substantially lower than AB-CST. AI-CST may provide a cost-effective opportunity to build training capacity for health care professionals.
Authors
- Julie Carson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9962-8482)
- Edward Tyrrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-6334)
- Suzan F Ghannam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4171-2605)
- Emma E. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4695-2184)
- Daniel Crowfoot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8531-3361)
- Gurvinder Sahota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8896-5234)
- Suniljeet Sandhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0038-1742)
- Sarah Lewis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5308-6619)
- Jaspal Taggar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5031-0977)
- Kathryn Berry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5211-2524)
Institutions
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Queen's Medical Centre (GB)
- University of Lincoln (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/71667
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33