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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/92486, first published .
Medical students using tablets for remote patient consultation

Effect of Large Language Model–Powered Virtual Standardized Patients on History-Taking Among Undergraduate Medical Students: Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

Effect of Large Language Model–Powered Virtual Standardized Patients on History-Taking Among Undergraduate Medical Students: Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

Yuchen He   1 * , MM ;   Chen Chen   1, 2, 3 * , MD ;   Rong Yin   4 , MSc ;   Wuyang Zhang   1 , MTI ;   Haoli Chang   5 , MM ;   Wei Yang   6 , MD ;   Fei Li   3, 7 , MD ;   Xinhua Li   1 , MD ;   Zhuying Xia   5 , MD ;   Xiaoyun Xie   8 , MD ;   Jing Huang   8 , MD ;   Qiuming Zeng   3, 9, 10 , MD ;   Guang Yang   11 , MD ;   Jing Wu   1, 3, 5, 12 , MD

1 Clinical Skills Training Center, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

2 Department of Nephrology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

3 National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

4 Teaching and Research Section of Diagnostics, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

5 Department of Endocrinology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

6 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

7 Department of Geriatric Medicine, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

8 Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

9 Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

10 Clinical Research Center for Neuroimmune and Neuromuscular disorders, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

11 Department of General Medicine, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

12 Hunan Engineering Research Center for Obesity and its Metabolic Complications, Xiangya Hospital Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Jing Wu, MD
  • Department of Endocrinology
  • Xiangya Hospital Central South University
  • No.87, Xiangya road
  • Kaifu District
  • Changsha, Hunan 410008
  • China
  • Phone: 86 13574120508
  • Email: wujing0731@csu.edu.cn