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Virtual Patients Help Doctors Hone Diagnostic Skills

i-Human Patients offers the next generation in doctor training. So reports CNN.

The computer simulation provides doctors with virtual patients that are naturalistic and interactive. Set up to simulate a real-life patient consult, the program offers doctors complicated medical puzzles that require critical thinking to solve.

While using actors to do simulated patient exams helps improve a doctor's bedside manner, using the virtual patients offers doctors the ability to practice their diagnostic skills at anytime since the app is available via the cloud.

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