Master's thesis in Data&AI: Patient Acceptance of Virtual …, Veenendaal

Overview How can virtual healthcare assistants become more acceptable to patients? In this thesis, you will explore how personification can transform automated assistance from being perceived as intrusive to engaging. By leveraging an avatar design prototype, you’ll experiment with features that enhance user acceptance and improve the experience of elderly individuals living independently.

Areas of Interest

Virtual Assistants

Social AI

Software Engineering

Assignment This master’s thesis is part of the graduation project ‘Ontzorg de zorg, zorg voor jezelf!’ . This project gives the healthcare sector a digital boost through automation and data analysis, allowing caregivers to spend more time with patients while enabling patients to take control of their personal health data. You will explore how personifying the assisting system could improve patient acceptance. Your focus will be on: investigating personification of an assistant system, experimenting with features that enhance acceptance, and evaluating the impact on elderly individuals living independently.

Required Qualifications B2 language proficiency in Dutch is required.

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