Repeated exposure to AI-VPs is associated with improved perceived self-efficacy and more positive attitudes toward communication training¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Repeated AI-VP exposure was associated with improved perceived self-efficacy and more positive attitudes, particularly in nursing, teacher education, and safeguarding contexts. → 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

q2 · i? · review · r3

Narrative synthesis across six studies examining self-efficacy, attitudes, and engagement outcomes. The review reports an association with "improved perceived self-efficacy and more positive attitudes"; no effect size is printed, and gains were not systematically linked to real-world performance.

"Repeated exposure to AI-VPs was associated with improved perceived self-efficacy and more positive attitudes toward communication training, particularly in nursing, teacher education, and safeguarding contexts [30, 33]."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Learners valued safe, repeatable, nonjudgmental AI practice environments that reduced anxiety and bridged the theory-practice gap — related
• Learner self-reported improvement after AI-generated virtual patient training is sometimes discordant with observed or cohort-comparison performance — reports the opposite
• Virtual patient-based learning produces greater learning performance, self-efficacy and communication skills than conventional learning in a quasi-experimental study — related