{"id":795,"date":"2024-03-25T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/?p=795"},"modified":"2024-04-08T10:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T14:15:18","slug":"faculty-adventures-in-the-ai-learning-frontier-teaching-with-generative-ai-in-health-sciences-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/edvice\/2024\/03\/25\/faculty-adventures-in-the-ai-learning-frontier-teaching-with-generative-ai-in-health-sciences-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Adventures in the AI Learning Frontier: Teaching with Generative AI in Health Sciences Education\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As part of our fall 2023 survey on generative AI (GenAI) in the classroom, we heard back from a wide variety of Temple faculty who teach a broad range of courses. In this installment, we\u2019re going to take a look at how three health science instructors are incorporating GenAI tools like ChatGPT into their teaching.<\/span><\/p>

Scott Burns<\/b>, Professor of Instruction in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, had his graduate physical therapy students prompt ChatGPT to create a generic plan of care for a specific health condition and then provide a detailed explanation of how the exercises it prescribes may or may not properly address the condition described in the scenario under consideration. In addition to having students demonstrate their knowledge of what constitutes a good plan of care by evaluating and critiquing the AI-generated plan, Professor Burns explains that the goal of the activity is to highlight <\/span>that while generative AI may be useful for broad recommendations, it \u201ccurrently lacks the ability to provide decision-making and rationale backed by anatomy, neuroscience, motor control\/learning, and physiology.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Before he launched the assignment, Dr. Burns surveyed his class about their experiences with and perceptions of GenAI. He also wanted to gauge the level of anxiety surrounding it, given that there is concern in health-related fields that AI could replace the human provider. Students reported that they appreciated the opportunity to interact with AI, since the experience level with AI varied, and some had never even used it before. Dr. Burns plans to administer a more formal survey for the end of the semester to see if student perceptions of AI have shifted.<\/span><\/p>

Alissa Smethers<\/b>, Assistant Professor<\/span> in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, had her nutrition students prompt ChatGPT to create a 1-day, 2,000 kcal dietary pattern for a popular diet of their choice (Keto, Paleo, Atkins, etc.) and then submit the outputs to an established dietary analysis program and answer the following questions:<\/span><\/p>