Faculty Development on AI

Artificial intelligence has arrived in medicine, whether we are ready or not. Medical students and residents are already experimenting with AI tools, and patients are beginning to ask about them and their use in the clinical setting. For faculty, this raises urgent questions: How do we prepare the next generation of physicians to work alongside this technology? How do we teach our learners to think critically, reason ethically, and not outsource their judgment to algorithms?

This fall, Abbotsford-Mission is launching a two-part Faculty Development online series “Dawn Patrol: Artificial Intelligence”, designed to help educators navigate these questions with confidence. Each session focuses on practical teaching strategies, case examples, and hands-on discussion about how to guide learners through this new frontier.

Session 1: Teaching with AI

Friday, September 19, 2025
0700-0800

Description:
This foundations/introductory session explores how generative AI is already entering the medical learning environment. Faculty will learn how residents and students are using AI, consider the risks and opportunities, and practice ways to guide learners in applying AI responsibly while maintaining clinical reasoning and professional judgment.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify common ways learners are engaging with AI in medical education and clinical reasoning.
• Practice strategies to help learners use AI as a tool while avoiding overreliance, misinformation, and bias.

Session 2: Coaching Clinical Reasoning in the Age of AI

Friday, November 21, 2025
0700-0800

Description:
This advanced session focuses on how AI is reshaping clinical reasoning and decision-making. Faculty will examine case examples where AI can both support and mislead learners. The session will emphasize coaching strategies, feedback techniques, and ethical teaching approaches that ensure residents build sound judgment alongside digital literacy.

Learning Objectives:

• Analyze how AI tools can both enhance and hinder diagnostic reasoning in clinical settings.
• Apply coaching and feedback techniques that help learners integrate AI outputs into safe, ethical, and evidence-based clinical reasoning.

AI will not replace the role of thoughtful educators, but it will change the landscape of how we teach and how learners think. By engaging early, faculty can shape how residents integrate AI into their clinical reasoning, not as a shortcut, but as a tool that complements judgment, compassion, and professionalism.

The “Dawn Patrol” series is our way of leaning into the sunrise of a new era in medical education. Together, we can make sure our residents are wise navigators and interrogators of the technologies ahead.

Catch you soon!
~ Jacqueline