Practise Motivational Interviewing with an AI client
Voice-to-voice conversations with realistic clients. OARS-tagged feedback after every session. Share any session with your trainer or supervisor. Built to extend MI workshops, not replace them.
5 minutes of free practice. No card required.
Practice that actually moves the needle
MI skills fade fast without practice. The Lab gives clinicians a realistic AI client, structured fidelity feedback, and a share-with-coach handoff.
Voice-to-voice sessions
Clients adapt in real time — substance use, mental health, chronic conditions, adolescent profiles. Each one with their own ambivalence and willingness to engage.
OARS-tagged playback
MI Score, MI Spirit pillars, Talk Ratio, change-talk markers, evidence quotes. Replay the conversation with every Open Question, Affirmation, Reflection and Summary marked on the timeline.
Workshop handoff
Share any session with your trainer or supervisor via a coach review link. Built to extend MI workshops between live sessions — not replace them.
Why deliberate practice works
The research on roleplay-based skill practice — across negotiation, nursing, and clinical training.
Negotiation Roleplays in Higher Education
In negotiation pedagogy research (e.g. Druckman & Ebner), role-plays that combine simulations with classroom theory show stronger retention of negotiation concepts over time, compared with lecture-only formats. Also, when role-plays are designed to be more authentic (with real stakes or realistic scenarios), student engagement rises, which further boosts retention.
Nursing Education – RolePlaying vs Lecture / E-Learning
In a study of 60 nursing students, researchers compared three methods: lectures, e-learning, and roleplaying. The group that used role-playing showed significantly better retention (measured some time after training) than the lecture group, and students also reported higher satisfaction with the learning process.
Clinical Skills & Simulation in Medical Training
A study published in BMC Medical Education looked at medical students learning low-frequency clinical skills via simulation-based mastery learning (i.e. repeated, deliberate practice in realistic settings). They found that skills decayed quickly when taught traditionally, but with spaced, simulation-based practice, retention remained strong several months out.
Build your own roleplay scenarios
Sales, compliance, onboarding, customer service — Zenobits Roleplay Authoring lets your L&D team author voice-enabled AI roleplay for any conversation. No coding required.
Write a Mission Brief
Describe the scenario in plain language: who the AI character is, what the learner's goal is, and what good looks like.
Publish to Learners
Share via link, embed in your LMS, or add to Articulate Storyline 360. Learners get a play button — that's it.
Practice with Voice
Learners have a real voice conversation with the AI character. They get instant feedback and can retry as many times as they need.
Or browse use cases for sales, compliance, onboarding, and more.
From the Blog
Research-backed guides on AI roleplay, learning science, and building skills that stick.
Practising Difficult Conversations with AI
Why deliberate practice — not videos, not slides — is the missing layer in conversation-skill training.
Complete GuideAI Roleplay Training: The Complete Guide
How AI roleplay works, the research behind it (effect size 0.82), and where it fits in serious skill-building.
ROI AnalysisIs AI Roleplay Training Worth It?
Worked ROI examples, the research evidence, and when it's not the right solution.
Ready to start practising?
5 minutes of MI practice with a realistic AI client. No card required. See if it earns a place in your week.
Building scenarios for your team? See Zenobits Roleplay Authoring.