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VR & AI Soft Skills Training for Nursing and Healthcare Education (RSS)

Christophe Mallet — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:25:20 GMT

Soft skills training in healthcare education has a structural problem. Educators know communication and empathy matter. The issue is that delivering structured practice at scale is expensive and hard to fit into an already stretched curriculum. So it gets deprioritised, left to be picked up on placement, absorbed by osmosis.

Best AI Roleplay Platforms for Higher Education in 2026 (RSS)

Christophe Mallet — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:24:43 GMT

For educators, learning designers, and curriculum leaders in higher and further education — UK, US, and Canada

A student sits down to practise a job interview. They type 'I'd like to practise a difficult conversation with my manager' into ChatGPT and get a reasonable response — but no feedback on their tone, no sense of how they'd fare under pressure, and no data for their lecturer to review.

When Words Fail: The Real Cost of Communication Breakdowns in Healthcare (RSS)

Christophe Mallet — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:24:10 GMT

The Scale of the Problem: Six Key Numbers

1,744

Patient deaths linked to communication failures in a 5-year period (2009–2013)

$1.7B

Malpractice costs attributed to communication failures over the same period

30%

Share of all malpractice claims in which communication was a contributing factor

37%

Of communication-related cases involved a breakdown between provider and patient

55%

Of nurses report they have withheld concerns from a doctor due to fear of conflict

10yr

Harvard RMF's 2025 lookback confirmed the problem has not meaningfully improved

For nursing educators, clinical skills leads, and healthcare faculty responsible for communication training

New Features: Public Speaking Roleplay, AI Coaching & More (RSS)

Christophe Mallet — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:23:10 GMT

It’s hard to give students enough practice at the skills that matter most in working life — public speaking, handling difficult conversations, thinking on their feet. Bodyswaps' newest update makes that practice even more accessible for students and easier to set up for educators. With our new Public Speaking roleplay, an AI Coach for our roleplays, a dental environment for healthcare programmes, and a tool to preview and test scenarios before they go live.