Designing and Evaluating an AI-enhanced Immersive Multidisciplinary Simulation (AIMS) for Interprofessional Education
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| author | Wang, Ruijie Lu, Jie Pei, Bo Jones, Evonne Brinson, Jamey Brown, Timothy |
| author_facet | Wang, Ruijie Lu, Jie Pei, Bo Jones, Evonne Brinson, Jamey Brown, Timothy |
| contents | Interprofessional education has long relied on case studies and the use of standardized patients to support teamwork, communication, and related collaborative competencies among healthcare professionals. However, traditional approaches are often limited by cost, scalability, and inability to mimic the dynamic complexity of real-world clinical scenarios. To address these challenges, we designed and developed AIMS (AI-enhanced Immersive Multidisciplinary Simulations), a virtual simulation that integrates a large language model (Gemini-2.5-Flash), a Unity-based virtual environment engine, and a character creation pipeline to support synchronized, multimodal interactions between the user and the virtual patient. AIMS was designed to enhance collaborative clinical reasoning and health promotion competencies among students from pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and social work. A formal usability testing session was conducted in which participants assumed professional roles on a healthcare team and engaged in a mix of scripted and unscripted conversations. Participants explored the patient's symptoms, social context, and care needs. Usability issues were identified (e.g., audio routing, response latency) and used to guide subsequent refinements. Findings suggest that AIMS supports realistic, profession-specific, and contextually appropriate conversations. We discuss technical innovations of AIMS and conclude with future directions. |
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| spellingShingle | Designing and Evaluating an AI-enhanced Immersive Multidisciplinary Simulation (AIMS) for Interprofessional Education Wang, Ruijie Lu, Jie Pei, Bo Jones, Evonne Brinson, Jamey Brown, Timothy Emerging Technologies Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction Interprofessional education has long relied on case studies and the use of standardized patients to support teamwork, communication, and related collaborative competencies among healthcare professionals. However, traditional approaches are often limited by cost, scalability, and inability to mimic the dynamic complexity of real-world clinical scenarios. To address these challenges, we designed and developed AIMS (AI-enhanced Immersive Multidisciplinary Simulations), a virtual simulation that integrates a large language model (Gemini-2.5-Flash), a Unity-based virtual environment engine, and a character creation pipeline to support synchronized, multimodal interactions between the user and the virtual patient. AIMS was designed to enhance collaborative clinical reasoning and health promotion competencies among students from pharmacy, medicine, nursing, and social work. A formal usability testing session was conducted in which participants assumed professional roles on a healthcare team and engaged in a mix of scripted and unscripted conversations. Participants explored the patient's symptoms, social context, and care needs. Usability issues were identified (e.g., audio routing, response latency) and used to guide subsequent refinements. Findings suggest that AIMS supports realistic, profession-specific, and contextually appropriate conversations. We discuss technical innovations of AIMS and conclude with future directions. |
| title | Designing and Evaluating an AI-enhanced Immersive Multidisciplinary Simulation (AIMS) for Interprofessional Education |
| topic | Emerging Technologies Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08891 |