A Natural Language Processing–Based Virtual Patient Simulator and Intelligent Tutoring System for the Clinical Diagnostic Process: Simulator Development and Case Study
A Natural Language Processing–Based Virtual Patient Simulator and Intelligent Tutoring System for the Clinical Diagnostic Process: Simulator Development and Case Study
Raffaello Furlan
1, 2
* , MD ;
Mauro Gatti
3
* , PhD ;
Roberto Menè
1, 3
, MD ;
Dana Shiffer
1
, MD ;
Chiara Marchiori
4
, PhD ;
Alessandro Giaj Levra
1
;
Vincenzo Saturnino
3
, MS ;
Enrico Brunetta
1, 2
, MD, PhD ;
Franca Dipaola
1, 2
, MD
1
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
2
Internal Medicine, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
3
Active Intelligence Center, IBM, Bologna, Italy
4
IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland
*these authors contributed equally