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AI coach for doctors: can it improve bedside manner?
NCT ID NCT07222644
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study will test whether an artificial intelligence tool can give helpful feedback to medical residents about how they talk with patients. Sixty-four surgery residents will have their conversations with actors playing patients recorded and analyzed by a large language model. The AI will suggest ways to make their language clearer and more understandable. The goal is to see if this approach is feasible and acceptable, not yet to prove it improves patient care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LLM-based feedback tool
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a practical way to train doctors to communicate more clearly with patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (64 people) testing feasibility, not effectiveness. The AI feedback may not actually improve real-world communication.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 64 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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May 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * McGovern Medical School (MMS) general surgery residents * postgraduate year (PGY) 1-5
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States