Ms Jade Courtney1
1Monash Health, Australia
Biography:
Jade has dedicated over a decade to clinical dietetics and allied health education at Monash Health, with a strong focus on creating meaningful and practical learning experiences. With a background in student supervision and workforce training, Jade understands the challenges of balancing clinical responsibilities and work integrated learning.
Passionate about innovation in learning, Jade is committed to making workplace learning more engaging, relevant and accessible for busy health professionals. Jade's work explores digital learning strategies that move beyond traditional pedagogies, ensuring education is interactive, effective and impactful.
Abstract:
Introduction:
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT gain traction in education, their role in clinical teaching for allied health professionals remains under explored. This study examined the potential of ChatGPT to support lesson plan development in health professional education, focusing on its impact on efficiency, quality, and usability compared to traditional, educator-led methods.
Methods:
Using a mixed-methods design, allied health workforce clinical educators (AHWCEs) from a large metropolitan health network participated in the study. In the control phase, educators developed a lesson plan for clinical teaching using a standardised template. Educators then underwent a ChatGPT training session, focusing on optimal prompt engineering and output quality. During the intervention phase, educators will use ChatGPT to create a lesson plan for the same topic.
Quantitative data included time differences between the control and intervention phases and the number of ChatGPT prompts used. A focus group captured qualitative insights into participants’ experiences.
Results:
Results specify the comparative efficiency, quality, and usability of AI-generated and educator-generated lesson plans for clinical teaching.
Participants discussed the perceived advantages and challenges of using ChatGPT in clinical education, and also the quality, adaptability, and relevance of AI-generated lesson plans for bedside teaching and other clinical contexts.
Discussion:
Findings contribute an understanding of the use of AI in clinical teaching practices. Understanding the comparative efficiency, quality, and usability of ChatGPT-generated and educator-generated lesson plans supports AHWCEs to make decisions the use of AI for this purpose.