title: Virtual standardized patients for training health professionals on alcohol screening and brief intervention.
abstract: Alcohol use disorders are common, but are often not discussed with patients. Through NIAAA funding, SIMmersion LLC and the University of Wisconsin are producing an interactive, immersive computer-based simulation that will allow learners to conduct an alcohol screening and brief intervention with a virtual standardized patient. The validity of this simulation will be evaluated through a study involving 100 clinicians.
authors.affiliation: SIMmersion LLC, Columbia, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Hilary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stathes
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: Dale E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014922:Wisconsin