Artificial Intelligence
in Health Professions
Education

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Patricia A. Cuff and
Erin Hammers Forstag, Rapporteurs

Global Forum on Innovation in
Health Professional Education

Board on Global Health

Health and Medicine Division

Proceedings of a Workshop

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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION¹

CAROLE TUCKER (Chair), University of Texas Medical Branch

JUDY GICHOYA, Emory University School of Medicine

MOLLIE HOBENSACK, Columbia University

LISA HOWLEY, Association of American Medical Colleges

CORNELIUS A. JAMES, University of Michigan Medical School

PAMELA JEFFRIES, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

KIMBERLY LOMIS, American Medical Association

DALLAS PEOPLES, Association of American Medical Colleges

JAVAID SHEIKH, Weill Cornell Medicine—Qatar

CARL SHEPERIS, Texas A&M University

Rapporteurs

PATRICIA A. CUFF, Rapporteur

ERIN HAMMERS FORSTAG, Rapporteur

Staff

PATRICIA A. CUFF, Senior Program Officer

HANNAH GOODTREE, Research Associate (until June 2, 2023)

ERIKA CHOW, Research Assistant (as of May 30, 2023)

EMMA ROONEY, Senior Program Assistant

JULIE PAVLIN, Director

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Contents

Boxes and Figures

Acronyms and Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 Considerations in the Adoption of AI in Health Professions Education

3 Embedding AI within Health Professions Education

4 Exploring the Competencies

5 Closing Session

References

APPENDIXES

A Members of the Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education

B Workshop Series Agenda

C Workshop Planning Committee and Speaker Biographical Sketches

D Workshop Materials

E Glossary of Terms

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

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