AI Patients for Medical Training

Deploy AI-powered patient simulation agents for medical education and clinical skills practice.

Features

• Realistic Patient Interactions: AI agents simulate diverse patient scenarios
• Clinical Skills Practice: Medical students practice history-taking, diagnosis, and treatment planning
• Safe Learning Environment: Risk-free practice before real patient encounters
• Adaptive Scenarios: Dynamic patient responses based on student interactions
• Performance Tracking: Automated assessment and feedback on clinical skills

Prerequisites

Infrastructure

The VM you run Lattice on must have a running Docker socket and the lattice user must be added to the Docker group:

# Add lattice user to Docker group
sudo adduser lattice docker

# Restart Lattice server
sudo systemctl restart lattice

# Test Docker
sudo -u lattice docker ps

AI Models

Configure your preferred AI model for patient simulation:

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"
# or use other models like Claude, Gemini, etc.

Architecture

This agent definition provisions the following resources:

• Docker container with patient simulation environment
• Persistent storage for case histories and student progress
• Web-based interface for clinical interactions
• Assessment and feedback tracking system

This means, when the workspace restarts, all patient cases and student progress are preserved in the home directory.

Note This template is designed to be a starting point! Edit the Terraform to extend the template to support your medical education use case.

Use Cases

• Medical Student Training: Practice clinical interviews and examinations
• OSCE Preparation: Standardized patient encounters for exam preparation
• Communication Skills: Improve bedside manner and patient communication
• Diagnostic Reasoning: Practice differential diagnosis and clinical decision-making
• Continuous Learning: Track improvement across multiple patient encounters

Getting Started

1. Create a new workspace from this template
2. Configure your AI model credentials
3. Launch the patient simulation interface
4. Select a patient scenario to practice
5. Review feedback and performance metrics

Built for medical education and clinical skills training.