Medical School (UME)
Build communication skills alongside clinical knowledge
Medical schools can sequence scenarios across the four years so communication grows alongside clinical knowledge. Each step builds on the last, with a dashboard that follows the student from the first history through clerkships.
A four-year progression
Communication competency sequenced to develop in step with the curriculum.
History taking
Structured intake, building rapport, eliciting the chief complaint, and asking about sensitive history without breaking trust.
Updating the family on a plan
Translating a working diagnosis and treatment plan into plain language, checking understanding with teach-back, and handling questions.
Delivering a new diagnosis
Disclosing a serious new diagnosis with structure (SPIKES), responding to emotion, and outlining next steps clearly.
One platform, one rubric
The same engine and dashboard that serve every other use case.
On-Demand, Not On-Schedule
Voice-based AI patient encounters available 24/7 from any device. No standardized patient to recruit, no sim center to book, no faculty observer required to practice.
Milestone-Aligned Feedback
Every encounter is rubric-scored and mapped to ACGME ICS Milestones 2.0, with feedback that points to the specific behavior to change rather than a vague “be more empathic.”
A Dashboard That Follows the Learner
Longitudinal scores by subcompetency, learner-by-scenario heatmaps, and flags for anyone trending below benchmark — the same dashboard whether you track one learner or an entire cohort.
Private, Judgment-Free Repetition
A low-stakes environment with no real patients and no social judgment gives learners permission to be imperfect while they build the skill — and makes the human feedback that follows land better.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does this fit a four-year UME curriculum?
Scenarios are sequenced so that communication complexity rises with clinical knowledge — from structured history-taking in the preclinical years to delivering a new diagnosis in the clerkship years. A longitudinal dashboard follows each student across the four years.
Can it support standardized-patient and OSCE preparation?
Yes. The platform gives students unlimited on-demand reps between scheduled standardized-patient encounters and OSCEs, so high-stakes, in-person sessions are spent demonstrating skill rather than building it for the first time.
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