Latest Publications on AI in Medical Education
UCSF Faculty Author Article on Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of Artificial Intelligence Use in the New England Journal of Medicine
August 20, 2025
The New England Journal of Medicine recently published an article titled “Educational Strategies for Clinical Supervision of Artificial Intelligence Use.” Co-authored by Christy Boscardin, PhD, UCSF Professor of Medicine and the Director of Artificial Intelligence and Assessment for Medical Education, the article shares the new skills and mindsets that both trainees and educators will need to employ in the AI-enabled clinical learning environment. Acknowledging that many learners will have more experience with artificial intelligence, educators will need to embrace shared learning. Educators will need to teach and model critical thinking, a key skill in AI-assisted learning since it enables adaptive practice—shifting between efficiency and innovation.
UCSF Faculty Author Macy Foundation Innovation Report on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education in Academic Medicine
June 4, 2025
Academic Medicine recently published a two-part innovation report commissioned by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation to inform the discussions at a conference on AI in medical education. The report authors include Christy Boscardin, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Assessment for Medical Education, and Brian Gin, MD, PhD, former Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF. Part one synthesizes the landscape of AI in medical education, underscoring its potential advantages and inherent challenges. Part two explores the perspectives of innovators actively integrating AI into medical education and examines their perspectives regarding the impacts, opportunities, challenges, and strategies for successful AI adoption and risk mitigation.
Part I: Current Landscape of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education
Preparing for a Paradigm Shift: The Inaugural UCSF AI & Education Symposium
March 24, 2025
UCSF AI & Education Symposium
February 12, 2025
Watch videos from the inaugural UCSF AI & Education Symposium:
- Welcome - Catherine Lucey, MD, UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
- Keynote 1 - AI and Medical Education: Is This Our Hemingway Moment? - Bob Wachter, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine
- Keynote 2 - Applied Intelligence: Integrating AI Technologies in Medical Education - Laurah Turner, PhD, Associate Dean of AI and Educational Informatics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Keynote reflections - Bob Wachter, MD, and Laurah Turner, PhD, in conversation with Christy Boscardin, PhD, Director of AI and Assessment for Medical Education
- UCSF AI resources for Educators - Various presenters from the AI Tiger Team
AI in Medical Education: Maintaining Human-Centeredness
December 12, 2024
UCSF School of Medicine CCEP Approves Bridges Curriculum Generative AI Usage Policy
December 10, 2024
Assessing Supervisor versus Trainee Viewpoints of Entrustment through Cognitive and Affective Lenses: An Artificial Intelligence Investigation of Bias in Feedback
November 29, 2024
