Practice

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Hands-on exercises that call a live model. Draft the communication, get it scored against clear criteria, and see how better prompting produces clearer, more humane results.

Language Barrier

Explain + visualize

What you’ll learn

Pairing a text-based prompt with a second prompt requesting visual/icon-based explanations shows how LLMs can address communication barriers (like limited English) through non-verbal means.

A clinician sees a patient in a gastroenterology clinic for ongoing abdominal pain and reflux symptoms. After assessment, the diagnosis is H. pylori–associated gastritis and the plan is triple therapy (PPI + antibiotics). The patient has limited English proficiency. During the visit they nod frequently and say “Yes, yes...”. The clinician is unsure whether the patient truly understands the diagnosis or how to take the medications.

1Explain it in plain language

2Generate a visual explanation

Sample output

Generate simple, non-text visual explanations that can help a patient with limited English understanding. Focus on how to visually communicate H. pylori infection and its treatment plan without relying on written language. Include ideas for images or icons that show: (1) stomach infection, (2) cause of symptoms (bacteria in stomach), (3) treatment steps (medicine in simple sequence), (4) duration of treatment (e.g., 14-day visual timeline). Keep all suggestions culturally neutral, simple, and suitable for patient education materials.

Why this matters?

Language barriers can seriously compromise informed consent and treatment adherence, and combining simple language with visual aids offers a more inclusive way to ensure real understanding.