Meet the Virtual Patients Training Real Doctors

October 9, 2014

(CNN) – The simulation is part of i-Human Patients, one of a new generation of computer programs used by medical schools to train students and other professionals. Like a flight simulator for doctors, i-Human presents cases as complicated, hands-on puzzles that require real medical skills to figure out. There is minimal guidance or hand-holding, leaving students to make hundreds of little decisions and conduct tests as they would when diagnosing a real sick person.