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Virtual Agent for Real-Time Motivational Interviewing by Integrating Adaptive Nonverbal Behavior and Language Models
Published on: December 23, 2025
Improving student interview skills: the virtual avatar as client
Linda Sweigart1, Kay Hodson-Carlton
1School of Nursing, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306, USA. lisweigart@bsu.edu
Abstract:
Second Life (SL) virtual environment was used by nursing students to develop beginning interview skills for urological, genital, and sexual subjective assessments. Multigenerational, multicultural client scenarios were used as students collected data in the virtual environment. Videotaped interviews of community volunteers demonstrated an increased number of questions asked in these sensitive areas following the implementation of virtual experiences. Curriculum implication and student evaluations of the SL experience are shared.
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