THURS-117 - Incorporating AI into Undergraduate Health Education Classes
Thursday, April 17, 2025
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST
Location: Pacific I/II, 2nd Floor
Area of Responsibility: Area VIII: Ethics and Professionalism Subcompetencies: 8.2 Serve as an authoritative resource on health education and promotion., 8.2.2 Provide expert consultation, assistance, and guidance to individuals, groups, and organizations. Research or Practice: Practice
Professor of Education University of Mount Union Alliance, Ohio, United States
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Explain at least two barriers to and two positive outcomes of using AI in a health education course.
Discuss at least two strategies for using AI in a health education course.
Identify one helpful resource for using AI in a health education course.
Brief Abstract Summary: Interested in learning more about how to use AI in your health education classroom? Incorporating AI in undergraduate health education classes enables students to engage deeply with ethics, professionalism, and emerging career skills. AI offers tools for exploring health data and information in seconds. Despite these benefits, barriers include limited instructor training, especially in prompt engineering, and potential ethical concerns over data privacy and environmental impacts. Strategies for effective implementation include integrating AI ethics into the curriculum and focusing on students’ critical thinking while using AI-driven simulations for real-world health scenarios. Several approaches to prepare students for AI’s growing role in health education will be shared.
Detailed abstract description: I teach several health content courses for undergraduates, and AI’s potential benefits and harms fascinate me. I am part of a multi-disciplinary group of professors at my university doing a deep dive into AI and how we can utilize this technology in our classes. I am excited to bring work from this group to a health education setting to share and discuss ethical guidelines and strategies with other health educators. This poster empowers educators to harness AI, preparing students for the digital transformation in health professions. By addressing barriers such as limited training and data privacy concerns, the content equips instructors to confidently integrate AI into their courses, adding value to the learning experience and boosting career readiness. Attendees will see firsthand how AI fosters critical thinking and real-world problem-solving, making health education more relevant and impactful. AI is and will remain part of the health education workforce, and skill development is essential to our workforce.
