Any given PCS patient scenario is made up of several building blocks:

These building blocks are available to you right from the start in the form of bundled patients. Before you start creating your own patient scenarios, review the patients that you already have access to to learn more about them. You can review your bundled patients on the Patients tab on your app.PCS.ai Account:

Click on the Open button next to any of the patients to see their info card in the EZ Mode. EZ Mode refers to how the info card is categorized into the most frequently needed tabs:

The info card shows you the patient's name and the avatar that will appear in virtual simulations. You will also find addional basic information and a short description of the patient here.

The dropdown in the top right lists all the resource sets. the patient is available with.

Resource sets are discipline-specific resources for a given patient. Resource sets do not alter the conversation capabilities of a patient, but they affect what resources are available during simulation.

These resources in the EZ Mode include the following:

Most patient scenarios are usually available with three resource sets: Medicine, Nursing and Paramadicine. In short, this means that you can have multiple versions of the automated assessment, patient file, diagnostic options, etc. for a single patient scenario. For example, students running Alex Adams with the Medicine resource set will be scored on different objectives compared to students running Alex Adams with the Nursing resource sets.

More details on the patient's conversation, automated assessment objectives, starting vitals signs and supporting materials are available on their respective tabs:

The Patient Concept is essentially what defines the patients responses and conversational capabilities:

Think of the Patient Concept as a case summary containing all information that a standardized patient would need in order to take on the role of a patient. The PCS patient will accurately adhere to anything that is covered in the Patient Concept. If the patient is asked about anything that is not covered in the Patient Concept, it will come up with believeable responses.

The Patient Concept is broken up and categorized into 14 sections for a more convenient viewing experience. Hover over the icons for further details on what the specific sections entail.

The Objectives tab is where you can find the automated assessment that is set up for each patient scenario:

The credits (Greeting, Introduction, Medication Use, etc.) are grouped into sections (Greeting & Introduction, Reason for Visit, Past & Current Medication Usage, etc.).

Each credit is set up with criteria that students need to pass during a simulation to get a certain amount of points, whereas failing the criteria may result in deductions. Scroll down on the Objectives tab to view all assessment objectives and credits.

One patient scenario can have multiple Objectives. Switch between them using the dropdown in the top right.

You can find the starting vitals of the patient here.

These vitals and waveforms will often be available during simulation. In some environment such as the Home or Clinic, students will be able to check the vitals without interacting with the patients. The Hospital environment requires students to equip sensors for the vitals to appear.

Supporting materials provide additional information to faculty and students, both outside and during simulations:

To learn more about how you can customize existing patients or create your own from scratch, click here.

Once you familiarize yourself with the EZ View, you can also use the Advanced Mode to access a wider range of options when reviewing your patients.