Abstract:
PCS in partnership with Nasco Healthcare distributes PCS Spark and PCS ALEX, the most advanced patient communication simulators available. How important is communication? Over 99% of patients are communicated with verbally, and it is the number one tool healthcare providers use when diagnosing and treating patients. Learn how Spark and Alex enable learners to become better communicators and better healthcare providers.
Spark: PCS Spark is a virtual patient platform built on the powerful PCS.ai conversation engine, enabling students to converse with a digital patient using their own words and phrases. Learners are also able to perform a full health assessment, administer drug treatments with modeled physiology, work together using TeamSpace multiplayer, and receive immediate automated performance feedback at the end of every scenario. PCS Spark is accessible via VR and screen-based modalities.
Alex: Alex is the cloud-connected patient simulator that can talk for himself! Leveraging the same PCS.ai conversation engine as Spark, Alex is able to understand learners and respond back with scenario specific responses. In addition to speaking, Alex can also see thanks to the built in IrisCam, which provides learners with a unique patient perspective for debriefing. Alex also includes all the functionality you would expect from a modern patient simulator such as palpable pulses, auscultation, and CPR metrics.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of communication training for students in healthcare related fields.
- Review PCS Spark and how it enables communication training with conversational AI.
- Review Alex and how it provides communication training while also performing the everyday tasks of a patient simulator.