University of Keele offering virtual patient technology for license 
From: Tech Transfer E-News - 02/04/2009

The University of Keele (United Kingdom) is looking to license a proprietary
IT system developed by researchers there that generates computer characters,
such as virtual patients and doctors, which pharmacists in training can
interact with to improve their communication and decision-making skills. The
technology is currently geared towards simulations of conditions such as
dyspepsia and hypertension, but can also be tailored for training in a
variety of areas, according to university official Luke Bracegirdle. The
system has already been licensed non-exclusively by Monash University in
Melbourne, Australia, for use in its undergraduate pharmacy program. Using
this system, the pharmacy student communicates with a virtual patient through
voice recognition or by typing questions into a standard computer interface.
Responses are verbal or through gestures that indicate emotions such as pain,
stress or anxiety. The system also provides the learner with feedback from
the patient on their performance. A virtual doctor has also been developed to
assist pharmaceutical sales representatives. "Using the Virtual Patient
allows us to explore the full patient consultation and to let the student
learn from mistakes in a safe environment that would not be possible in real
life, says co-inventor Stephen Chapman, of Keele's School of Pharmacy. "For
example, the patient can be programmed to be allergic to penicillin and can
suffer anaphylactic shock if the student forgets to check. It really
hard-wires the learning into the brain in a way that is not possible with
textbooks alone."

Keele University - Virtual Consultancy Project Videos
http://www.keele.ac.uk/schools/pharm/vp/

Virtual patient technology available for licensing
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"Virtual Patient" helps train pharmacists of the future
http://www.keele.ac.uk/marketing/press/archive/2009/220109-virtualpharmacy.htm
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122080926.htm
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