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Objectives: The use of videoconferencing technologies for clinician-patient online consultations has become increasinglypopular. Training on online communication competence through a videoconferencing application that integrates nonverbalcommunication detection with feedback is one way to prepare future clinicians to conduct effective online consultations. Thiscase report describes and evaluates two such applications designed for healthcare professionals and students in healthcare-relatedfields. Methods: We conducted a literature review using five databases, including the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed,ACM, IEEE, and CINAHL in the spring of 2022. Results: We identified seven studies on two applications, ReflectLive andEQClinic. These studies were conducted by two research groups from the USA and Australia and were published between2016 and 2020. Both detected nonverbal communication from video and audio and provided computer-generated feedbackon users’ nonverbal communication. The studies evaluated usability, effectiveness in learning communication skills,and changes in the users’ awareness of their nonverbal communication. The developed applications were deemed feasible. However, the feedback given by the applications needs improvement to be more beneficial to the user. The applications wereprimarily evaluated with medical students, with limited or no attention given to questions regarding ethics, informationsecurity, privacy, sustainability, and costs. Conclusions: Current research on videoconferencing systems for training onlineconsultation skills is very limited. Future research is needed to develop more user-centered solutions, focusing on a multidisciplinarygroup of students and professionals, and to explore the implications of these technologies from a broader perspective,including ethics, information security, privacy, sustainability, and costs.
