Case study Opioid education
Practicing opioid care with Jeremy
How clinicians approached screening, treatment, and patient concerns in Pri-Med’s virtual-patient activity.
Resources
What we’re learning
from practice
Read what programs tried, what they observed, and how they evaluated the practice.
Case studies
4 studies
Case study Obesity care
Practicing motivational interviewing for obesity care
Clinicians worked through a conversation with Charlotte, then received feedback on how they used motivational interviewing.
Case study Uncomplicated UTI care
Putting UTI guidance into a patient conversation
Learners in online education and live workshops used the same virtual patient. Treatment discussion was the lowest-scoring task in both groups.
Case study Multi-course evaluation
What 11 activities showed about learning
A look across 11 activities combining education, virtual-human conversations, and personalized feedback.
Blog & perspectives
22 articles
Fewer Do Not Returns? What Virtual Human Simulation Could Mean for Healthcare Staffing
Credentials tell part of the story. Explore how virtual-human practice could help healthcare staffing teams prepare for difficult conversations.
8 min read
The Hardest Part of Community Health Work Is the Conversation. Virtual Humans Let CHWs Rehearse It
Community health workers need repeated practice for their hardest conversations. Explore how virtual humans can help, early results from Palm Beach County, and what the evidence shows so far.
8 min read
Read but Never Practiced: Where Virtual Humans Fit in Pharma HCP Engagement
From content engagement to demonstrated skills: where virtual humans could fit in pharma HCP education, and what the evidence shows so far.
8 min read
Xuron and Music City PrEP Clinic Launch Nashville Partnership to Strengthen High-Stakes Patient Conversations
Xuron is partnering with Music City PrEP Clinic (MCPC) on a pilot program using AI virtual patients to help clinicians practice some of the most sensitive, high-impact conversations in sexual health, PrEP, and HIV care.
7 min read
Medical Affairs Can Measure Everything but the Conversation. Virtual Humans Can Help
Medical Affairs tracks training and activity. Virtual-human practice offers a closer look at the conversations those measures cannot capture.
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What Should an Avatar Look Like in Healthcare Training?
People keep asking a reasonable question. Should healthcare training avatars look more realistic?
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The Gap Between Knowing and Doing in OUD Care: Our Poster at ASAM 2026
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) accepted 180 posters for their 2026 annual conference in San Diego. Ours was one of them. Most of the program focused on clinical care, treatment access, policy, harm…
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AI Feedback Is Solving Medicine’s Oldest Teaching Problem
Medical education has a feedback problem. And we’ve known about it for 40 years.
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Defeating the “Devil’s Drop”: How AI Can Save Medical Empathy
Medical students enter training with high empathy levels. Then something breaks. Research documents a significant drop in empathy during clinical years, precisely when students begin intensive patient contact. This…
8 min read
AI-Enhanced Telehealth Communication Training
Telehealth is no longer an experiment or a stopgap. It is a stable part of how care is delivered across medicine, nursing, advanced practice, and allied health. As that shift has settled in, a quiet realization has…
7 min read
From Mrs. Chase to ChatGPT: How AI Is Revolutionizing Nursing Communication Training
Nursing schools have faced a perfect storm of challenges over the past five years. Clinical placement sites are harder to find. Qualified faculty are in short supply. And the COVID-19 pandemic forced a massive shift…
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The Dialogue Problem Is Finally Solved: How AI Made Virtual Patients Work After 50 Years of Trying
During my medical school training, standardized patients were invaluable. Real actors portraying patients with specific conditions gave us a safe space to practice clinical skills before facing real patients. But we…
10 min read
New Publication: Multi-Course Evaluation in the Alliance Almanac
Xuron just published some of our findings in the Alliance Almanac, demonstrating how AI-powered virtual humans can rapidly strengthen communication skills in healthcare.
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3LS Ventures Invests in Xuron to Drive Innovation in Healthcare with AI-Powered Solutions
NASHVILLE, Tenn., January 15, 2025 – 3LS Ventures Inc., a leading early-stage investor specializing in behavioral health solutions, is proud to announce its strategic investment in Xuron, an innovative healthcare…
3 min read
AI’s Promise in Family Medicine Resident Training With Dr. Brittanie West
In an enlightening conversation with Dr. Brittanie West, faculty member at the United Hospital Center Family Medicine Department at West Virginia University, we explore the evolving landscape of resident education…
3 min read
Bridging Assessment Methods: Dr. Caroline Pardo on Measuring Success in Healthcare Education
In a recent conversation with Xuron’s Director of Medical Education, Dr. Boris Rozenfeld, healthcare education expert Dr. Caroline Pardo shared insights on measuring success in healthcare education. Drawing from her…
3 min read
Practice Makes Progress: A New Era for OSCEs and Medical Training with Dr. Andrew Gunter
Ever wondered how doctors learn to break bad news or handle difficult patient conversations? Hint: It’s not just from textbooks! 🎓
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Beyond Traditional SPs: How AI is Transforming Clinical Education Programs
The numbers don’t lie: at $272.80 per student per session, traditional standardized patient programs are becoming increasingly unsustainable for many institutions. But the bigger challenge isn’t just cost – it’s the…
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Welcoming Dr. Caroline Pardo to Xuron Advisory Board
In a move that signals our commitment to pushing the boundaries of medical education, Xuron is thrilled to announce the addition of Caroline Pardo, PhD, CHCP, FACEHP, to our Advisory Board.
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Embodied AI Agents in Healthcare Education and Training
Embodied AI agents are artificial intelligence (AI) systems designed to interact with their environment and users in a physical or virtual form that mimics human presence. These agents exhibit human-like behaviors,…
6 min read
Virtual Patients: The Future of SDM Training in Continuing Medical Education
Discover how virtual patients are revolutionizing shared decision-making (SDM) training, offering scalable, cost-effective, and personalized learning solutions for medical professionals.
7 min read
Difficult Conversations: Managing Unexpected Patient Outcomes
In healthcare, professionals often face the daunting task of delivering distressing news to patients and their families. Recognizing this challenge, Xuron has developed “Difficult Conversations: Managing Unexpected…
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