PT Journal
AU Rizzo, A
   Kenny, P
   Parsons, T
TI Intelligent Virtual Patients for Training Clinical Skills
SO JVRB - Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting
PY 2011
VL 8(2011)
IS 3
DI 10.20385/1860-2037/8.2011.3
DE Behaviour Generation; Dialogue Generation; Simulation; Speech Recognition; Speech Synthesis; Virtual Humans; Virtual Patients; Virtual Training
AB The article presents the design process of intelligentvirtual human patients that are used for the enhancementof clinical skills. The description covers the developmentfrom conceptualization and character creation to technicalcomponents and the application in clinical research andtraining. The aim is to create believable social interactionswith virtual agents that help the clinician to develop skillsin symptom and ability assessment, diagnosis, interviewtechniques and interpersonal communication. The virtualpatient fulfills the requirements of a standardized patientproducing consistent, reliable and valid interactions inportraying symptoms and behaviour related to a specificclinical condition.
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