{"id":3407,"date":"2017-05-03T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:26","slug":"virtual-patients-help-med-students-learn-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/03\/virtual-patients-help-med-students-learn-empathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual patients help med students learn empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3409\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3409\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3409\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png\" alt=\"Male doctor interacting with virtual patient.\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-125x83.png 125w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-665x443.png 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/medicalcyberworlds.com\">medicalcyberworlds.com<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Delivering bad news in a caring way \u2014 and coping with a patient\u2019s reaction \u2014 is a key skill for doctors. Researchers at U-M\u00a0and Medical Cyberworlds, Inc. are studying how\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/labblog.uofmhealth.org\/med-u\/virtual-humans-help-aspiring-doctors-learn-empathy?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_content=%20VR_Doctor%20&amp;utm_campaign=virtual-humans-help-aspiring-doctors-learn-empathy\">virtual human technology helps medical students<\/a> learn the best approaches. MPathic-VR, a computer application, allows students to talk with emotive, computer-based virtual humans who can see, hear, and react to them in real time. The computer application assesses the students&#8217; body language, facial expressions, and communication strategies to produce real-time responses from the virtual human and give suggestions based on the students&#8217; strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinding an effective way to assess and teach advanced health care communication skills has been a long-standing challenge,\u201d says U-M family medicine professor Michael Fetters.\u00a0\u201cMedical learners have a great need for practical, innovative methods to help them master the complexities of health care communication and develop excellent communication skills \u2014 both verbal and nonverbal. Ours is the first-ever research showing that it can be done effectively with virtual reality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delivering bad news in a caring way \u2014 and coping with a patient\u2019s reaction \u2014 is a key skill for doctors. Researchers at U-M\u00a0and Medical Cyberworlds, Inc. are studying how\u00a0virtual human technology helps medical students learn the best approaches. MPathic-VR, a computer application, allows students to talk with emotive, computer-based virtual humans who can see, hear, and react\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/03\/virtual-patients-help-med-students-learn-empathy\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,51,128],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-education","tag-medical","tag-xr"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png",700,466,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-125x83.png",125,83,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-300x200.png",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png",665,443,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-700x466.png",600,399,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png",700,466,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png",700,466,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds-665x443.png",665,443,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/medical-cyberworlds.png",376,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Delivering bad news in a caring way \u2014 and coping with a patient\u2019s reaction \u2014 is a key skill for doctors. 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