Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing large-scale, safety-focused language models for healthcare, has partnered with Adtalem Global Education to create an academic curriculum to train and certify clinicians in the use of AI in healthcare.
“What we wanted to do is develop a curriculum that really educates nurses on a general introduction to artificial intelligence and generative AI, which are very different kinds of tools and technologies, how to integrate AI into clinical workflows, and the ethical and legal regulatory considerations of using generative AI in healthcare,” Dr. Meenesh Bhimani, co-founder and chief medical officer at Hippocratic AI, told MobiHealthNews.
“By giving nurses this foundational knowledge, we hope to empower them not only to critically evaluate new technologies, but also to really understand how they can be used to impact patient outcomes and care.”
Hippocratic AI has partnered with Adtalem’s Chamberlain University and Walden University to jointly develop a curriculum and certification program that combines Adtalem’s clinical knowledge with Hippocratic’s technical know-how to help nurses understand how to effectively use, integrate and monitor AI systems in healthcare.
Topics that may be covered in the curriculum include:
Introduction to AI: Understand the fundamentals, history and impact of AI across industries, with a focus on healthcare.
AI Types and Applications: An overview of the different types of AI, including machine learning, deep learning, and generative AI, and their applications in healthcare.
Generative AI Basics: Learn more about generative AI, how it works, and its potential applications in clinical practice.
Generative AI in Nursing: Specific applications of generative AI in nursing, including patient care, diagnosis, and individualized treatment plans.
Ethical Considerations: Discuss the ethical implications of AI in healthcare, including privacy, bias, and responsible use of AI technology.
AI Tools and Technologies: Learn about the various AI tools and platforms currently available to clinicians with hands-on demonstrations.
Collaboration with AI: Strategies for integrating AI into clinical workflows and enhancing collaboration between AI systems and medical professionals.
AI and Future Trends in Nursing: Explore emerging trends in AI technology and how they will impact the future of nursing and healthcare.
“We are starting discussions on what the exact structure of the certification would be, with participants undergoing a series of courses or lectures and receiving a certificate at the end, although details such as duration are still being worked out,” Bhimani said.
“Part of the core curriculum is understanding some of the shortcomings and concerns about AI and generative AI, and then how to make sure that as you evaluate tools, those issues are addressed within the tools that you evaluate.”
The curriculum is designed with foundational modules and will be updated from time to time to keep up with advances in AI technology.
Larger trends
Since its launch in 2023, Hippocratic AI has described itself as an organization focused on the responsible use of AI in healthcare while serving the needs of nurses. Bhimani said this is achieved by working closely with the nursing community.
The company launched a nurse advisory committee in February to ensure the safe development of its LLM software, which will work closely with a physician advisory committee launched less than six months ago.
“We’ve been working with the nursing community since our inception. It’s part of our DNA and fundamentally speaks to our mission to improve patient care and patient outcomes,” Bhimani said.
“We decided early on that instead of building products for healthcare, we wanted to build them with healthcare. So from day one, we really engaged our partners – nurses and other clinicians – to help us develop the right product.”
The partners expect the curriculum and certificate programs to be combined at Chamberlain and Walden Universities in spring 2025.
