Development and Evaluation of ClientBot: Patient-Like Conversational Agent to Train Basic Counseling Skills.
Journal:
Journal of medical Internet research
Published Date:
Jul 15, 2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Training therapists is both expensive and time-consuming. Degree-based training can require tens of thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of expert instruction. Counseling skills practice often involves role-plays, standardized patients, or practice with real clients. Performance-based feedback is critical for skill development and expertise, but trainee therapists often receive minimal and subjective feedback, which is distal to their skill practice.