Teaching Personalized Doctor-Patient Communication with AI: PerTRAIN – a Prototype for Interpersonally Responsive Virtual Patients in Medical Education
Authors
Head of the Section for Digital Teaching Methodology, Institute of Education and Student Affairs, University of Münster, Münster
PhD student, Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster
Research associate at the Section for Digital Teaching Methodology, Institute of Education and Student Affairs, University of Münster, Münster
Teaching and research associate, Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Münster
Teaching and research associate, Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Münster
PhD student, Institute for Geoinformatics & Institute for Computer Science, University of Münster, Münster
pascal.kockwelp@uni-muenster.de
PhD student, Institute for Geoinformatics & Institute for Computer Science, University of Münster, Münster
Managing Director of the Center for Social Skills and a Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Münster; Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment (JICE), University of Münster and Bielefeld University
Trainer for simulated patients, Institute of Education and Student Affairs, University of Münster, Münster
jan.siebenbrock@uni-muenster.de
Head of the simulated patient program, Institute of Education and Student Affairs, University of Münster, Münster
Head of the Computer Vision and Machine Learning Systems group, Institute for Geoinformatics & Institute for Computer Science, University of Münster, Münster
Director of the Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, University of Münster
Head of the Institute of Education and Student Affairs, University of Münster, Münster
Head of the Personality and Assessment lab, Department of Psychology University of Münster, Münster; Joint Institute for Individualisation in a Changing Environment (JICE), University of Münster and Bielefeld University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2379 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Page range: 465 - 474
Submitted on: Jan 5, 2026
Accepted on: Feb 3, 2026
Published on: May 29, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
© 2026 Anna Junga, Ole Hätscher, Jennifer Dabel, Gabriyel Mado, Alberta Ajani, Leon Pielage, Pascal Kockwelp, Simon M. Breil, Helena Baur, Jan Siebenbrock, Benjamin Risse, Tanja Grammer, Bernhard Marschall, Mitja D. Back, published by Ubiquity Press
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