Dentistry · Experiential Research Cohort · Spring 2027 The Anxious Patient

For many dental students, the first anxious patient they manage is a real one.

The Anxious Patient lets every student practice managing dental anxiety with AI patients, as often as they need, and gives faculty a scored record for each one.

Free for 15 dental and dental hygiene courses, January to March 2027.

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Free from January to March 2027. One place per course.

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5×confidence increase after one session
94%completion rate across 2,400 students
85%of students identify specific skills to improve
Inside The Anxious Patient

Three practice patients, each harder to read. Then two matched assessed appointments.

Practice moves from a patient who opens up when asked, to one who says she is fine, to one who cannot continue mid-procedure. The baseline and endpoint are matched, so scores compare directly. Built for predoctoral dental and dental hygiene students.

Practice

Assessed

Practice, level 1

Jordan Mercer, 38

First visit in six years

A painful filling as a teenager. Shares it when asked an open question, and relaxes when the student listens.

Practice, level 2

Priya Nair, 34

Here for a filling

Says 'Fine, let's just get on with it.' Grips the armrests when instruments appear. Opens up only if the student notices.

Practice, level 3

Marcus Webb, 47

Calm at the start

A buried phobia. Freezes mid-procedure and cannot continue. The student has to stop, de-escalate and rebuild trust.

Assessed baseline

Casey Okafor, 41

Avoided dentistry for seven years

A traumatic childhood extraction. Starts tense and monosyllabic.

Assessed endpoint

Dana Ferreira, 36

First visit in five years

A dentist once ignored her raised hand. Matched to the baseline.

“Stop. I can't. I'm sorry.”

Marcus at level 3, the moment the handpiece comes near. He needs acknowledgment before any talk of rescheduling.

CriterionStrongWeak
Elicits the specific fearOpen question, then finds the exact fearAccepts 'I'm fine'
Stop signal agreedAgreed before any instrumentNo shared signal
Acknowledges fearValidates without false reassurance'Don't worry, it'll be fine'

8 scored criteria, mapped to SEGUE framework and CODA Standards

Three of them are shown here. Faculty can edit every criterion to match their own rubric.

SEGUE 1 to 5CODA 2-16CODA 2-8d
What Bodyswaps is

Students practice the conversation. Faculty see the evidence.

Christophe, CEO, on why we built Bodyswaps

Christophe, CEO, on why we built Bodyswaps

Talk to an AI patient

Students prepare a nervous patient for treatment, and handle it when the patient cannot continue.

Get coached straight after

An AI Coach debrief after every conversation shows students what worked and what to try next.

Faculty see every attempt

Every assessed conversation is scored against clear criteria, with transcripts and progress for each student.

What faculty see

  • First attempt against latest, criterion by criterion, so you can see the whole class move.
  • Every student's latest grade and how it changed, with nothing averaged away.
  • One click from any grade to the transcript and the feedback the student saw.
Bodyswaps cohort report
Bodyswaps cohort report showing grades for each student, first attempt against latest
The Experiential Research Cohort

A free semester of The Anxious Patient, in return for helping us learn what works.

The Experiential Research Cohort is a one-semester program. Each course runs a ready-built Bodyswaps pathway with its students, and the anonymized results from every course feed one findings report, which names every program that took part.

✓What's included

  • Free access, January to March 2027Every student on your course, for the full semester.
  • The Anxious Patient, ready to runMapped to your clinic communication competencies and CODA standards. Faculty can edit the criteria, characters and levels.
  • Setup and supportWe get your students set up and stay with you through the semester.
  • Evidence for every studentScores, transcripts and AI Coach debriefs, first attempt to latest.
  • Your program named in the findingsThe cross-institution report credits every program that took part.

→What we ask

  • Run it with a real courseStudents use The Anxious Patient in a course taught between January and March 2027.
  • Share anonymized student dataResults feed the cohort research. Nothing identifies your students.
  • A short survey at the endFrom whoever ran it at your institution.
Now to December

Reserve your place. We confirm it and set up your course.

January to March 2027

Students practice, free, as often as they need.

After March

Evidence for every student, and the findings report.

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Why educators trust Bodyswaps

Built for the conversations that matter, and used by faculty who teach them.

“AI-enabled VR offers a scalable way to strengthen communication skills and practice difficult conversations with a virtual patient while receiving automated feedback.”
JR
Janet Reed, PhD RNNursing Faculty, Kent State University
“Bodyswaps has consistently provided a clear way to facilitate learning at scale. Over 200 students enrolled, with automated feedback delivery.”
MC
Mary Lee Carter, MS CHSEAssistant Director, Healthcare Simulation
Is it really free?

Yes. From January to March 2027 there is no cost to your institution. In return we ask for anonymized student data for the cohort research and a short survey at the end.

Does this replace clinic time?

No. It gives students practice managing anxiety before they meet anxious patients chairside.

Can faculty change the pathway?

Yes. The Anxious Patient is ready to run as built, and faculty can edit the criteria, characters and levels to match their course and rubric.

What data do you share, and how is it used?

Anonymized results feed the cross-institution findings report. Nothing in the report identifies individual students.

How many places are there?

Fifteen, one per course. We confirm every place personally.

What do we get at the end?

Scores, transcripts and AI Coach debriefs for every student, plus the cross-institution findings report with your program named in it.

Spring 2027 cohort

Join the spring 2027 The Anxious Patient cohort.

Fifteen free places, one per course. Reserve yours and we will be in touch to get your students set up.

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Spring 2027 cohort
Reserve a place

Reserve your place

Free from January to March 2027. One place per course.

15 places left
of 15