Can AI (artificial intelligence) aid in the education of students? This is the question many higher education program leaders are aiming to answer. Now, one new trial is underway to teach future doctors how evidence is generated and evaluated.
As one example, at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, professors created the IDEA (Independent Data Exploration and Analysis) project, which is required for first-year medical students at the school. The yearlong curriculum uses AI tools.
When the project first launched, students used ChatGPT and Claude, but the class has since transitioned to TrialMind, a platform tailored specifically to students’ needs.
Here is how this can help:
- Give students a hands-on way to engage with real-world health data.
- Learn coding and data extraction skills for research purposes.
- Streamline time-intensive tasks such as literature review.
Looking to the future, each cohort will spend a full year in the program, with students divided into 18 groups of four. Each group has different steps and milestones, but students ultimately have the freedom to tinker and explore.