Leveraging AI simulations for allied health education: Pilot study for Psychology

James Cook University
Klaire Somoray
Role

Principal Investigator

Description

IDA (Interactive Dialogue Agent) is a customisable LLM-powered virtual patient simulator with speech capabilities. IDA is specifically designed for healthcare education with built-in safety measures. This project will test IDA with psychology students to determine its effectiveness before expanding to other healthcare disciplines, ultimately providing students college-wide (and university-wide) dynamic and scalable simulations.

Date

01 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026

Project Type

N/A

Keywords

GenAI;Simulation;Scholarship of Learning and Teaching

Funding Body

James Cook University

Amount

4995

Project Team

N/A