Meet the patients your students will practice with
Students talk to these AI patients out loud, on their own phone, in their own words, and get coaching in under 60 seconds. Below is a sample of the built-in library. Programs can also write their own cases.
A sample from every domain
Two scenarios from each of the 18 clinical domains, one easier and one harder. For the sensitive domains, mental health and substance use, only the title is shown here. Every patient is fictional, and Practice is formative: it is rehearsal, not a graded record.
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Home Blood Pressure Check
A home health visit to teach an older adult how to check his own blood pressure after a new diagnosis.
Beginner
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School Health Office: Sent from Gym
A tenth-grade boy is sent to your school health office after gym class.
Intermediate
+ 5 more Community scenarios in the library
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Overnight Flag on a Step-Down Patient
A patient two days out from major surgery is in step-down.
Beginner
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ICU Family Room: A Wife Wants Answers
A 62-year-old man was admitted to the ICU from the ED about an hour ago.
Advanced
+ 4 more Critical Care scenarios in the library
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Twisted Ankle After a Pickup Basketball Game
A young adult who rolled his ankle playing basketball an hour ago comes in.
Beginner
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Chest Pain, Otherwise Healthy
A 45-year-old who came in after an episode of chest tightness at his desk that resolved on its own.
Intermediate
+ 7 more Emergency scenarios in the library
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First Conversation About Comfort Care
A patient recently told his prognosis is measured in months, not years.
Beginner
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Home Hospice: A Daughter Has a Question
An 88-year-old man is on home hospice. bedside, and one of them asks to speak with you.
Advanced
+ 7 more End of Life scenarios in the library
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New Parents, First Night Home
A first-time mother calls the postpartum warmline the first night home with her newborn.
Beginner
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Interpreter Services: Language Barrier
A 39-year-old Arabic-speaking woman is scheduled for a diagnostic procedure this afternoon and consent has not been obtained.
Intermediate
+ 12 more Families scenarios in the library
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First Prenatal Visit
A patient in her first pregnancy coming in for her initial prenatal visit.
Beginner
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Declining the Recommended Induction
She's 41 weeks. commended induction today and explained the risks of waiting.
Advanced
+ 3 more Labor and Delivery scenarios in the library
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Morning Check-In
A patient on your unit is awake and ready for his morning check.
Beginner
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Discharge Teaching: A New Prescription
A 72-year-old man is being discharged this afternoon with a new prescription.
Intermediate
+ 5 more Medical-Surgical scenarios in the library
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Pre-Procedure Anxiety
Beginner
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Acute Grief After a Sudden Loss
Intermediate
+ 3 more Mental Health scenarios in the library
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Second Trimester Check-In
A patient at 20 weeks gestation coming in for a routine check-up.
Beginner
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Clinic Line Call at 34 Weeks
A woman at 34 weeks called the clinic line this morning.
Advanced
+ 5 more Obstetric scenarios in the library
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Well-Child Visit at Two Years
A parent bringing in her toddler for his two-year well-child visit.
Beginner
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Teen Visit: Time Alone With the Nurse
A 16-year-old girl is at the clinic for a school sports form.
Intermediate
+ 3 more Pediatric scenarios in the library
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Routine Screening Questions
Beginner
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New Admission: Intake Interview
Intermediate
+ 4 more Substance Use scenarios in the library
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Going Home With a Weak Heart: Daily Weights
A 68-year-old woman is being discharged tomorrow after a hospital stay for heart problems.
Beginner
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Clinic Phone Line: Indigestion That Won't Quit
You are the nurse answering the clinic phone line near the end of the day.
Intermediate
+ 1 more Cardiac scenario in the library
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Inhaler Teaching Before Going Home
A 45-year-old man is going home today with a new inhaler and a spacer.
Beginner
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Home Health Phone Line: He's Been Sleeping a Lot
You are the nurse on a home health agency's phone line.
Intermediate
+ 1 more Respiratory scenario in the library
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New Seizure Medicine: Questions Before Going Home
A 24-year-old woman had her first seizure last week and is going home today on a new daily medicine.
Beginner
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Nurse Line: Trouble Finding Words
You are the nurse on a clinic phone line.
Intermediate
+ 1 more Neurological scenario in the library
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First Chemotherapy: Going Home Tonight
A 55-year-old man finished his first chemotherapy treatment this afternoon and is about to go home.
Beginner
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A Daughter Asks You Not to Tell Him
You are a nurse on an oncology unit. ops you in the hallway before you go into his room.
Advanced
+ 1 more Oncology scenario in the library
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Staying Steady: A Safety Talk at the Senior Center
You are a nurse running a health table at a senior center.
Beginner
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Home Visit: She Says She Is Just Tired
You are a community nurse making a home visit to an 85-year-old widow whose neighbor asked the agency to check on her.
Intermediate
+ 1 more Geriatric scenario in the library
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Pre-Op Phone Call: Surgery Tomorrow
You are the pre-operative nurse calling a 49-year-old woman the day before her scheduled surgery to go over the instructions.
Beginner
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Day Two After Surgery: Not Ready to Walk
A 58-year-old man had abdominal surgery two days ago.
Intermediate
+ 1 more Surgical scenario in the library
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Admission Interview: First Hour on the Unit
A 63-year-old woman has just arrived on your unit from the emergency department.
Beginner
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This Pill Looks Different
You are about to give a 72-year-old woman her morning medicines.
Intermediate
+ 1 more General scenario in the library
This is the built-in library. Schools add their own patients, with their own persona, rubric and learning goals, so the roster a class sees can be larger. How AI patient simulation works
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