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Thomas Thesen^1,2, Nsomma A Alilonu¹, Simon Stone³

¹Department of Medical Education, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH USA.

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Summary

The AI Patient Actor is a web-based tool that uses a Large-Language Model to help medical trainees improve diagnostic and communication skills through practice and feedback. Educators can also create custom patient cases for training purposes.

Keywords:

Clinical interviewing Diagnostic skills Formative feedback Generative AI Large-Language Models Standardized patients

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Area of Science:

Medical Education Technology
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
Clinical Skills Training

Background:

Traditional medical training relies on standardized patients or case studies, which can be resource-intensive and lack individualized feedback.
There is a growing need for accessible and scalable tools to enhance clinical skills development for medical trainees.
Large-Language Models (LLMs) offer new possibilities for creating dynamic and interactive learning experiences in healthcare.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce the AI Patient Actor, an open-access web application designed for medical trainee education.
To demonstrate the utility of LLMs in simulating patient interactions for diagnostic and communication skill practice.
To provide a platform for healthcare educators to create and integrate customized clinical scenarios.

Main Methods:

Development of a web-based application, the AI Patient Actor, utilizing a Large-Language Model.
Implementation of features for trainees to practice diagnosis and communication with AI-driven patient actors.
Inclusion of a function for healthcare educators to upload and manage their own training cases.

Main Results:

The AI Patient Actor provides an openly available platform for medical trainees.
The application facilitates individualized formative feedback on diagnostic and communication skills.
Healthcare educators can personalize the learning experience by uploading bespoke case studies.

Conclusions:

The AI Patient Actor represents an innovative application of LLMs in medical education.
This tool enhances the practice of clinical diagnosis and patient communication skills.
It offers a flexible and customizable solution for medical training programs.