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Practising difficult conversations with an AI patient
Back to Menu ↩ Good doctors do not simply tell patients what to do. They explain the options, listen to the patient’s values and concerns,
September 28, 2026
The following comes from a research article published by Cambridge University Press[1].
It illustrates the progress expected of a group of well-motivated adult learners, who spend 50% of their hours with a teacher in class and 50% of their hours on guided self-study tasks set by their teacher. Together, these hours are referred to as ‘guided learning hours’ or GLH.
There is considerable difference between the lower and higher numbers of hours stated per level and, consequently, cumulatively. The report states a number of factors that may affect a learner’s progress, both in the learning environment and in the learner.
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