Feedback in AI-VP training shows a differential corrective effect for learners with low baseline empathy¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? In Sarli et al.'s RCT, initially low-empathy clinicians showed significant improvement at follow-up while emotional reactivity itself did not change. → Gilbert Valentin 2026

Evidence¶

Gilbert Valentin 2026¶

Gilbert Valentin, Philip Pierre, Llorca Pierre-Michel, Samalin Ludovic. (2026). Use of artificial intelligence–enhanced virtual patients in educational approaches to medical interview training: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-08804-9

q3 · i? · review · r3

Randomized controlled study of 64 clinicians (Sarli et al. 2024, MMAT 4/5) with immediate, personalized feedback conditionally triggered for clinicians with low baseline empathy. The review reports "initially low-empathy clinicians showed significant improvement at follow-up"; no effect size is printed.

"Although emotional reactivity itself did not change, initially low-empathy clinicians showed significant improvement at follow-up, highlighting a targeted "corrective" effect."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — moderator: an instructional effect differs with it

Related Claims¶

• AI-VPs delivering immediate, targeted feedback improve empathic communication in subsequent human-based interviews — related
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• Virtual patient interventions improved medical students' empathy in all 19 included studies, with effects reported immediately after intervention in 17 studies — related