AI standardized patient practice, alongside your human SPs
Standardized patients are scarce and scheduled. An AI-voiced patient gives students more rehearsal before the encounter that counts, and that encounter can be recorded and scored on the same rubric.
An AI patient for rehearsal, a human SP for the record
"AI standardized patient" gets used for two different things. Here it means an AI-voiced fictional patient that follows a scenario your faculty control: a persona, a clinical background, vital signs, and learning objectives. Students talk to it by voice and get coaching when the session ends.
It does not replace human standardized patients. Standardized patients bring nonverbal cues, physical presence, and the pressure of a real room. The AI patient gives students more rehearsals before that encounter, without adding lab hours or SP hours.
Practice uses fictional patients only. It is formative, so it sits outside the accreditation record. The record comes from encounters your students actually record.
Where each option fits
| Option | Best for | Availability | Part of the evidence record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human standardized patient | Full clinical scenarios, nonverbal cues, procedures | Scheduled slots in the skills lab | Yes, when recorded and scored in Assess |
| AI patient practice | Rehearsing therapeutic communication before the encounter | Any time, on a phone or laptop | No, practice is formative |
| Both, in order | Practice with the AI patient, then record the standardized patient encounter | Practice any time, assessment on lab days | Yes, the recorded encounter is the record |
Rehearse, then record the standardized patient encounter
Pick or write a case
Choose from the built-in library of 101 scenarios across 18 clinical domains, or have faculty write a custom case with its own patient persona, rubric, and learning objectives.
Rehearse by voice
The AI patient responds to what the student says. Students can run the same case again before the lab day.
Record the SP encounter
On lab day, the student records the standardized patient encounter on the web or a phone. Faculty can also upload audio, or video on plans that include it.
Score it on the same rubric
Assess transcribes the recording and scores it against the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and your faculty-written rubric. Faculty review every result.
Questions about AI standardized patients
Give students more rehearsal before the standardized patient encounter
See AI patient practice and recorded-encounter scoring together. 20 minutes, no sales pressure.
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