AI-generated Feedback in Social Robotic Virtual Patients

In the researchers' words

The goal of this quasi-experimental educational study is to learn whether AI-generated post-consultation feedback in social robotic virtual patient interactions improves medical students' clinical performance in medical history-taking. The main question it aims to answer is: Can AI-generated feedback integrated in an AI-enhanced social robotic virtual patient platform improve medical students' clinical performance in medical history taking? Researchers will compare results from standardised examinations following the structure of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), of medical students performing virtual patient interactions with AI-generated post consultation feedback compared to medical students who have not received AI-generated feedback. Participants will perform five virtual patient cases in rheumatology using an established virtual patient platform: the Social AI-enhanced Robotic Interface (SARI). After completion of each case, students participate in follow-up seminars with consultant rheumatologists to discuss the cases. After completion of all nine cases, students take part in a OSCE based examination to evaluate medical-history taking.