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From GenAI Virtual Patient Dialogue Logs to Teacher-Interpretable Process Evidence: A Learning Analytics Study in Higher Education
AI InsightThis study analyzes 1,030 GenAI virtual patient dialogues, coding full transcripts into teacher-interpretable process evidence of clinical reasoning. Compared to prior reliance on final scores or raw logs, this enables teachers to trace whether learners followed patient cues or checked uncertainty.Key TakeawayShift from scores/raw logs to coded process evidence.Why It MattersTurning GenAI dialogue logs into usable teaching evidence fills a gap in process-oriented assessment of medical education.Who's Affected- AI ResearchersProvides a feasible path to encode LLM dialogue streams into structured process features.
- EducatorsGain interpretable process metrics of clinical reasoning, improving feedback and intervention.
- Medical Education IndustryPushes virtual patient simulation toward process-oriented assessment paradigms.
What's NextWatch whether the coding method generalizes to other dialogue-based tasks (e.g., counseling training) and actual teacher adoption outcomes.Importance 72/100