Design Process for a Virtual Simulation Environment for Training Healthcare Professionals in Geriatrics

Becerril-Ortega, Raquel; Vanderstichel, Hélène; Petit, Lucie; Urbiolagallegos, Maria José; Schoch, Joanne; Dacunha, Sébastien; Benamara, Amine; Ravenet, Brian; Zagdoun, Jean; Chaby, Laurence

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“…Here, we present a virtual VP tool called VirtuAlz that was designed for geriatric health professionals to sensitize them to the basic communication skills needed to interact with elderly patients with Alzheimer's disease. The tool, including the behavior of the Alzheimer's VP, is based on real clinical cases (e.g., medication administration, patient's wandering) derived from a field observation conducted in a geriatric service and an analysis of communication training needs in this field (Becerril-Ortega et al, 2022).…”

Section: Virtualz-a Vp Tool For Training Clinician To Communicate Wit...mentioning

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Embodied Virtual Patients as a Simulation-Based Framework for Training Clinician-Patient Communication Skills: An Overview of Their Use in Psychiatric and Geriatric Care

Chaby¹,

Benamara²,

Pino³

et al. 2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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Clinician-patient communication is essential to successful care and treatment. However, health training programs do not provide sufficient clinical exposure to practice communication skills that are pivotal when interacting with patients exhibiting mental health or age-related disorders. Recently, virtual reality has been used to develop simulation and training tools, in particular through embodied virtual patients (VP) offering the opportunity to engage in face-to-face human-like interactions. In this article, we overview recent developments in the literature on the use of VP-simulation tools for training communicative skills in psychiatry and geriatrics, fields in which patients have challenging social communication difficulties. We begin by highlighting the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication, arguing that clinical interactions are an interpersonal process where the patient’s and the clinician’s behavior mutually shape each other and are central to the therapeutic alliance. We also highlight the different simulation tools available to train healthcare professionals to interact with patients. Then, after clarifying what communication with a VP is about, we propose an overview of the most significant VP applications to highlight: 1) in what context and for what purpose VP simulation tools are used in psychiatry (e.g. depression, suicide risk, PTSD) and geriatrics (e.g., care needs, dementia), 2) how VP are conceptualized, 3) how trainee behaviors are assessed. We complete this overview with the presentation of VirtuAlz, our tool designed to train health care professionals in the social skills required to interact with patients with dementia. Finally, we propose recommendations, best practices and uses for the design, conduct and evaluation of VP training sessions.

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Embodied Virtual Patients as a Simulation-Based Framework for Training Clinician-Patient Communication Skills: An Overview of Their Use in Psychiatric and Geriatric Care

Chaby¹,

Benamara²,

Pino³

et al. 2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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Four Lines of Analysis for Civil Security Crisis Simulations: Insights for Training Design

Flandin

2022

Professional and Practice-Based Learning

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Evaluating a Model of Pathological Affect based on Pedagogical Situations for a Virtual Patient

Benamara,

Martin,

Prigent

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents

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Design Process for a Virtual Simulation Environment for Training Healthcare Professionals in Geriatrics

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Embodied Virtual Patients as a Simulation-Based Framework for Training Clinician-Patient Communication Skills: An Overview of Their Use in Psychiatric and Geriatric Care

Embodied Virtual Patients as a Simulation-Based Framework for Training Clinician-Patient Communication Skills: An Overview of Their Use in Psychiatric and Geriatric Care

Four Lines of Analysis for Civil Security Crisis Simulations: Insights for Training Design

Evaluating a Model of Pathological Affect based on Pedagogical Situations for a Virtual Patient

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