NCT07107880

Use of Artificial Intelligence to Assess Trainee Communication Compared to Human Assessment

Artificial Intelligence Assessment of Trainee Communication Compared to Human Assessment: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate whether a web-based artificial intelligence platform (AI) (Clinical Mind AI \[CMAI\] Stanford, CA), can assess communication skills in anesthesiology trainees, including residents and fellows, in the setting of disclosing medical errors. All participants will participate in an AI-generated simulation by using the platform remotely, and CMAI will assess trainee performance immediately after the simulation.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of CMAI platform to assess participant performance following a voice-based AI simulation designed to help trainees practice disclosing medical errors. The platform will feature a custom clinical case, created using CMAI's patient creation tool, involving a discussion with the parent of a child who suffered a dental injury that occurred during intubation. The platform will provide an audio-based, simulated encounter with the parent enabling the participant to interact with, and then assess trainee communication performance, followed by the delivery of questionnaires to the trainee to determine usability and satisfaction. A human evaluator will also assess the trainees' performance using the same scales, and the investigators will compare the AI performance evaluation to the human evaluation. This study will allow the investigators to determine: 1. Reliability of the performance assessments of the CMAI platform compared to human raters 2. Usability for the CMAI audio voice model for simulated patient encounters 3. Satisfaction related to an innovative, educational technique By evaluating these domains, we aim to determine the educational value of using simulated voice communication for training in emotionally complex, clinical scenarios.

Conditions

• Communication Skills

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Communication Assessment through AI and Human	Participants will remotely engage in an AI-generated simulation that presents an voice-based conversation with a simulated parent of a pediatric patient. The scenario involves discussing a clinical scenario concerning their child. Following the simulation, the participant's communication skills will be assessed using an artificial intelligence (AI) system trained to evaluate the key aspects of communication using standardized rating scales. In addition, two human evaluators will assess the participant's communication skills using the same rating scales.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-15
• Primary completion: 2026-08-14
• Completion: 2026-08-14
• First posted: 2025-08-06
• Last updated: 2025-08-06