When the Patient Is a Prompt - Part II

Four new trials ask whether AI can replace the role-player in the room

Are AI-simulated patients any good? It is a familiar shape of question that I think about a lot. Every educational technology arrives draped in promise, and the early discomfort of those who teach with it comes from doing so before anyone has the evidence. Lecture capture, clickers, online quizzes; we have all done this. The novelty grants permission to…