{"id":69455,"date":"2025-07-16T07:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=69455"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:25:56","slug":"simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulated patient, real emotions: AI bringing realism to UTC nursing simulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"AI Sim Lab for Chuck v3\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1099671616?h=950c24f428&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing continues to expand its simulation toolkit, artificial intelligence is making a significant impact.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) adult gerontology acute care program piloted an end-of-life training scenario unlike anything they had previously encountered in the University\u2019s Metro Annex Safe Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The twist? Students weren\u2019t just caring for a simulated patient in the mock clinical setting. They also had to navigate a phone conversation with the patient\u2019s daughter, which was played not by a faculty member or actor, but by ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>The AI phone caller was programmed with a detailed emotional profile: an adult daughter who was confused, anxious and upset that her father had been placed on life support despite having advanced directives.<\/p>\n<p>The DNP acute care students had to guide her through the crisis, explain medical decisions in plain language and respond to unpredictable questions, all while managing the patient\u2019s clinical care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt very realistic,\u201d student Alexis Murray said after participating in the simulation. \u201cEspecially having the AI that we were talking to. We didn\u2019t know what it was going to ask us or say, so it does give you that complete surprise effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to come next, which is realistic in the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her experience was exactly what faculty hoped the simulation would evoke.<\/p>\n<p>UTC Clinical Assistant Professor Chris Doneski, who helped design and run the scenario, said simulations like this are about building readiness and reducing the likelihood that a new nurse practitioner will face a real-world, emotionally charged conversation for the first time without preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese situations can be very complicated; there\u2019s a lot of emotion, a lot of different feelings, family conflicts,\u201d said Doneski, an adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP) who joined the UTC faculty in 2024. \u201cIf you haven\u2019t ever been exposed to that, just being thrown in the fire for a first time can be very uncomfortable and very unsuccessful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AGACNP concentration prepares students to care for adults with complex, acute or critical health conditions, often in settings such as hospital emergency rooms and intensive care units.<\/p>\n<p>Murray, who received a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from UTC in 2019, knows that uncomfortable challenge firsthand. She spent several years as a traveling ICU nurse before returning to Chattanooga and enrolling in the DNP program in fall 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an ICU nurse, I have been in \u2018more than I wish\u2019 scenarios that are the same way,\u201d she said. \u201cBut the roles are different once you\u2019re a nurse practitioner. As the provider, it\u2019s our job to explain everything that\u2019s happening, talk to the family, evaluate all the key points and then ultimately help lead them to what\u2019s going to be best for the patient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot more strenuous in the provider role than it is in the nursing role.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69471\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"778\" data-attachment-id=\"69471\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation\/ai-simulation-25-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,778\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751449633&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;AI Simulation-25-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AI Simulation-25-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297-1024x664.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-69471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297.jpg\" alt=\"DNP acute care student Alexis Murray, under the watchful eye of Dr. Chris Doneski, talks with a patient's daughter during the AI simulation. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297-1024x664.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297-800x519.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297-580x376.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2297-610x395.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">DNP acute care student Alexis Murray, under the watchful eye of Dr. Chris Doneski, talks with a patient&#8217;s daughter during the AI simulation. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Doneski said creating the end-of-life simulation scenario took hours, from developing the patient case to designing the AI\u2019s emotional responses.<\/p>\n<p>He utilized a storyboard approach in laying out the end-of-life simulation \u201clike scenes in a film,\u201d creating a character script that outlined the daughter\u2019s emotional state. He taught ChatGPT to convincingly play the role, practicing conversations to train the model and fine-tuning the responses to introduce realistic unpredictability and real-world situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, it\u2019s been a learning experience from a new technology standpoint,\u201d Doneski said. \u201cI\u2019m a millennial; I have been through the whole start of the internet, things getting more widely used and now AI. This is not something that I utilized growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He previously helped build a custom software program to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/call-me-hal-utc-nursing-students-learning-from-state-of-the-art-patient-simulator\/\"><strong>HAL\u00ae S5301<\/strong><\/a>, a Gaumard-produced manikin described as the world\u2019s most advanced interdisciplinary patient simulator, to life.<\/p>\n<p>HAL played the role of the father in the latest simulation, but \u201che\u2019s technically kind of dead in this scenario\u2014so he isn\u2019t being too fancy,\u201d Doneski said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>The new AI simulation scenario also served as a tool for assessment. Using rubrics fed into the system, ChatGPT evaluated student responses while faculty reviewed performance from both clinical and emotional standpoints.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChatGPT objectively grades their conversation from the rubric that we gave it,\u201d Doneski said, \u201cand then we came together as faculty and discussed how we felt they did and had a combined grade.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69474\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"882\" data-attachment-id=\"69474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation\/ai-simulation-25-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,882\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751449843&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;AI Simulation-25-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AI Simulation-25-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372-1024x753.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-69474 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372.jpg\" alt=\"Alexis Murray, left, Dr. Christi Denton and Dr. Chris Doneski in the Metro Annex Safe Hospital.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372-800x588.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372-580x426.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2372-610x448.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexis Murray, left, Dr. Christi Denton and Dr. Chris Doneski in the Metro Annex Safe Hospital.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The idea to use AI as a role-playing voice actor came after Doneski and UTC Assistant Professor Christi Denton, the coordinator of the AGACNP concentration, attended a presentation at the Tennessee Simulation Alliance conference earlier this year. The keynote speaker demonstrated how conversational AI could be used to simulate a child in an oncology ward, prompting Doneski to consider applying AI in end-of-life care scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially with our students really wanting more exposure to palliative care and these end-of-life scenarios,\u201d he said, \u201cwe started doing some research and found that ChatGPT does offer some voice recognition, conversational AI, things of that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denton, a five-time UTC graduate who joined the faculty in 2018, also works shifts as a nurse practitioner at Erlanger Baroness Hospital. She said she has witnessed firsthand how far simulation has evolved in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been an unbelievable evolution in seven years,\u201d Denton said. \u201cFrom \u2018we\u2019re going to get together and do procedures\u2019 to this\u2014where we\u2019re utilizing AI to actually have students mimic conversations\u2014it\u2019s truly incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She admitted being skeptical about simulation early on, calling her initial experiences \u201cclunky\u201d and lacking realism. That changed when Doneski joined the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving somebody come in and go, \u2018This is what we can do with simulation,\u2019 opened my eyes,\u201d Denton said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more thankful for what he\u2019s done here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She observed the recent simulations on a monitor outside the Safe Hospital room, watching the AI adapt in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery student that came in took a different approach to how they talked to the daughter and it adjusted to it immediately,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Using AI in these types of scenarios instead of a human actor created a more consistent learning experience across the board.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we bring in a standardized patient actor, there\u2019s a lot to catch them up on,\u201d Denton said, \u201cand they\u2019re going to get hit with things they don\u2019t know how to answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI simulation makes every student feel like their interaction was both individualized and catered to what their statements were. This is AI responding to you. It\u2019s giving back what you are giving to it, so it makes it a really clean simulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray said the experience reinforced the value of simulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s extremely important to be able to practice any of the scenarios that we\u2019ve had,\u201d she said. \u201cIf we do mess up, then it\u2019s a dummy. We can just start over again and don\u2019t have to worry about anything. But it also allows us as future providers to build knowledge and confidence in ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray said she approached the simulation as if it were real, even though she knew the patient\u2014and the end-of-life pronouncement\u2014was not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to at least make all of the mannequins real in my mind,\u201d she said. \u201cIt does feel real. In Tennessee, we have two-nurse verification and the pronouncement of death, so I have pronounced people before. It doesn\u2019t get any easier. And it did feel real in this scenario, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doneski deemed the new scenario\u2019s pilot run a success, with plans underway to expand AI-supported simulations into other parts of the curriculum. As a faculty member who also works regular shifts as a nurse practitioner at CHI Memorial Glenwood in Hixson, the constant stream of real-world cases keeps inspiring new ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always something new,\u201d he said. \u201cEspecially for those rarer cases or things that we don\u2019t see very often \u2026 That\u2019s the beauty of simulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Learn more<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/health-education-and-professional-studies\/school-of-nursing\">UTC School of Nursing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/health-education-and-professional-studies\/school-of-nursing\/fnp\">DNP Nurse Practitioner Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/call-me-hal-utc-nursing-students-learning-from-state-of-the-art-patient-simulator\/\">Call me HAL: UTC nursing students learning from state-of-the-art patient simulator<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_69475\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"798\" data-attachment-id=\"69475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation\/ai-simulation-25-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,798\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751450060&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;29.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;4000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;AI Simulation-25-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AI Simulation-25-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-69475 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429.jpg\" alt=\"Alexis Murray discusses the AI simulation with Nursing Simulation Coordinator Michelle Rosano.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2429-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexis Murray discusses the AI simulation with Nursing Simulation Coordinator Michelle Rosano.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"880\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:9,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:202990556}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 880px; 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height: 199px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/simulated-patient-real-emotions-ai-bringing-realism-to-utc-nursing-simulation\/ai-simulation-25-6\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"291\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"202\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"69477\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,833\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\\\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Alexis Murray, DNP student, and Chris Doneskiday, DNP faculty, work Wednesday, July 2, 2025 on an AI-simulated exercise in the Metro building.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1751449472&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;58&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;AI Simulation-25-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AI Simulation-25-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-1024x711.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-800x555.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-580x403.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/07\/AI-Simulation-25-2206-610x423.jpg 610w\" width=\"291\" height=\"202\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"291\" data-original-height=\"202\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"AI Simulation-25-\" alt=\"AI Simulation-25-\" style=\"width: 291px; 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