AI-powered simulated patients with automated feedback for enhancing headache history-taking skills: a convergent mixed-methods study
Kridipaka Sindhvananda, Kewalin Ruengwattanachot, Surachai Leksuwankun, Thanakit Pongpitakmetha, Akarin Hiransuthikul, Totsapol Surawattanawong, Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Poonnakarn Panjasriprakarn · 2026
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Kridipaka Sindhvananda and colleagues test AI simulated patients for teaching headache history taking in Thailand in a 2026 study. Headaches are common but hard to diagnose, and students get limited practice with feedback. The team built a chatbot that plays patients with migraine, tension-type, and cluster headache, giving rubric-based feedback after each case.
Third-year medical students studied for a week, took a clinical exam, waited a week, practised with the chatbot for a week, and took a second exam. Scores for history taking and clinical reasoning, plus usability ratings, were compared before and after. Focus groups explored how students experienced the tool. The study gauges whether AI patients can safely expand practice for a skill that usually needs real patients.
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| CREATOR | Kridipaka Sindhvananda, Kewalin Ruengwattanachot, Surachai Leksuwankun, Thanakit Pongpitakmetha, Akarin Hiransuthikul, Totsapol Surawattanawong, Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Poonnakarn Panjasriprakarn |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |