Virtual Patient Simulations Using Social Robotics Combined With Large Language Models for Clinical Reasoning Training in Medical Education: Mixed Methods Study

Alexander Borg   ¹ , MD ;   Carina Georg   ² , PhD ;   Benjamin Jobs   ¹ ;   Viking Huss   ³ , MD ;   Kristin Waldenlind   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Mini Ruiz   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Samuel Edelbring   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Gabriel Skantze   ⁷ , PhD ;   Ioannis Parodis   ^{1, 8} , MD, PhD

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, and Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM), Stockholm, Sweden

² Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

³ Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

⁴ Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

⁵ School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

⁶ School of Education, Culture and Communication, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

⁷ Division of Speech Music and Hearing, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

⁸ Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University and Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden