Delivering Bad News
Available in VR and web browser
This simulation is designed to equip healthcare providers with essential communication skills for engaging sensitively with family members of patients diagnosed with terminal illness.
Through this simulated scenario and interactive exercises, participants will learn to navigate delicate conversations, deliver empathetic support, and facilitate effective communication during end-of-life care planning. Employing end-to-end AI and technologies like large language model (LLM) and deep learning gives these virtual ‘clients’ the ability to respond like real humans.
The MedVR Ed XR Platform provides trainers and instructors the facility to review conversation logs and analyze learner performance based on customized rubrics. Based on the performance review, trainers will be able to provide precise and effective feedback.
- Develop empathetic communication skills to understand and respond to kin’s concerns
- Learn strategies to effectively communicate diagnosis updates, treatment options, and prognosis with sensitivity and clarity.
- Engage in discussions about advanced care planning, palliative care, and hospice options
- Recognize and respect patient’s cultural background and preferences, ensuring communication aligns with her beliefs and values
- Receive constructive feedback to enhance communication skills and improve patient and family interactions
- Dunphy, L. M., Winland-Brown, J. E., Porter, B. O., & Thomas, D. J. (2022). Primary Care: The Art and Science of Advanced Practice Nursing – an Interprofessional Approach (6th ed.). F.A. Davis Company.
- Jameson, J. L., Fauci, A. S., Kasper, D. L., Hauser, S. L., Longo, D. L., & Loscalzo, J. (2022). Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine (21st ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
Customize Your Case
Build your own AI-Humans patient
MedVR Education is bringing to you a no-code authoring platform to create new patient cases and customized patient history. Put together your own cases by making selections from a wide range of customizing features.
- Create with web-based authoring tool
- Publish in VR, desktop, and mobile devices
- Train your virtual patient by yourself
- Select patient from a diverse background
- Choose preferred virtual environment
- Perform real-time testing
- Track and train new data
AI Patient Assessment
Natural Language Processing
Case History
Delivering Bad News
Kirsten's husband Rob is admitted to the hospital for bloody mucus, chest pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue. He has been diagnosed with lung cancer, an aggressive type of cancer that spreads very quickly. In this case, you must inform the spouse that her husband's cancer has progressed to a terminal stage. Comfort the family member and explain future treatment options and what she can expect moving forward.
