Prompting is a teachable skill

Three new studies suggest that how learners and examiners talk to AI matters as much as which model they use, and that it can be taught.

Oct 26 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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The feedback nobody has time to give

Early evidence on AI feedback is promising and thin, and in every study the learners still wanted a human in the loop.

Oct 19 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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Agreement is not validity

AI can now match lecturers' marks on exams, records and research coding, but this tells us far less than the headline numbers suggest.

Oct 5 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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September 2026

Better than nothing, or better than us?

Adoption of generative AI in medical education has outrun the evidence, the competencies and the institutional rules, with a new meta-analysis unable to…

Sep 28 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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Can AI play the patient?

Nearly half of all implemented AI in clinical skills teaching is now a virtual patient, but the evidence for what it does to learning is still thin.

Sep 14 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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August 2026

What AI does to the doctor's mind

Four 2026 papers argue the danger is not that the model gets it wrong, but that it sounds right, and our assessments cannot tell the difference.

Aug 31 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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The AI gap isn't about enthusiasm

Outside the US and Europe there is near-universal appetite for AI combined with very limited access.

Aug 17 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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Is Anyone Training the Trainers?

Four 2026 papers move past what students should learn about AI and ask whether the faculty teaching them are actually ready.

Aug 10 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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How much MedEd AI research is actually happening?

Four new bibliometric studies map the literature itself, and the picture is bigger, faster and shakier than any single paper can show.

Aug 4 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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July 2026

How I use AI in AI × MedEd

The answer may surprise you!

Jul 30 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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Does AI actually teach better?

Four new meta-analyses of randomised trials reach different verdicts on whether AI-based teaching beats the traditional kind.

Jul 27 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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Can AI write the exam?

Four 2026 papers show AI-generated questions now match human ones on paper, but validity, fairness and the human sign-off are where the real work still…

Jul 20 • Andrew O'Malley PhD

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