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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…
16 hrs ago
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Andrew O'Malley PhD
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Andrew O'Malley PhD
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July 2026
How I use AI in AI × MedEd
The answer may surprise you!
Jul 30
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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
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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
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Andrew O'Malley PhD
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One year of AI × MedEd
A year ago this week I started this newsletter. Here are some of my reflections and what comes next.
Jul 16
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Andrew O'Malley PhD
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Nobody is automatically ready for AI
Three new studies show that readiness for clinical AI is shaped by personality, digital access and career fears far more than by simply growing up with…
Jul 13
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Andrew O'Malley PhD
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Will AI build clinical reasoning, or bypass it?
Five new papers, including a Nature Medicine warning about 'never-skilling', suggest that AI's effect on how doctors learn to think depends on…
Jul 6
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Andrew O'Malley PhD
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