Participants rated SOPHIE 2.0 as engaging, easy to use, and clinically relevant in a self-service format¶

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Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Among completers, 92% felt engaged, 86% found the platform easy to use, and 83% reported that virtual patients elicited skills used in real clinical communication. → Masum Hasan 2026

Evidence¶

Masum Hasan 2026¶

Masum Hasan, Ron Epstein, Thomas Carroll, Ehsan Hoque. (2026). Scalable AI-based clinical communication training and automated assessment. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.22517 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.22517

q2 · i? · design · r2

Exit-survey Likert results from the 59 completers of the two-session self-service study. "92% of participants felt engaged"; the usability scale showed 86% found it easy to use and 85% believed it could be learned quickly.

"As shown in Figure 3a, 92% of participants felt engaged, 80% considered the scenarios appropriate for their clinical roles, and 83% reported that the virtual patients elicited skills used in real clinical communication."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Interest — outcome: instruction changes it

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