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ASU Health
AI will be a central tenet of ASU Health, which includes a new medical school called the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, the School of Technology for Public Health, the Health Observatory at ASU and the Medical Master’s Institute – as well as the existing College of Health Solutions and Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation.
Transforming health care training with patient avatars
Technology is transforming the student learning experience in meaningful ways Consider the Center for Patient Stories, a collaboration between the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Dreamscape Learn. This center will collect and curate narratives from patients, families and communities, using virtual and augmented reality and AIenhanced technologies to create avatars that faithfully represent the challenges and experiences that health care providers must navigate.
By interacting with these avatars, students gain a deeper understanding of diverse patient backgrounds, family dynamics and social determinants of health. This immersive experience mirrors the virtual environments where Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation students engage in realistic, hands-on scenarios that reflect the complexities of actual healthcare settings.
The result? Future health care providers with advanced clinical skills, stronger communication abilities and greater empathy.
