Hamilton Leads Development of AI Medical Education Tool
The artificial intelligence tool could revolutionize the training of medical students and health care workers.
Allan Hamilton leads a team of University of Arizona Health Sciences faculty, staff and students to develop the Artificial Intelligence Medical History Evaluation Instrument, or AIMHEI.
Researchers, staff and students at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center are developing an artificial intelligence bot to train students to communicate with patients effectively and compassionately.
The Artificial Intelligence Medical History Evaluation Instrument, or AIMHEI (pronounced “aim high”), seeks to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of medical communications by leveraging AI to assess student interactions with patients.
“AIMHEI represents a step big forward in our medical education, utilizing the power of artificial intelligence to coach and evaluate medical students in a way that was previously unimaginable,” said Allan Hamilton, MD, FACS, executive director of ASTEC and a Regents Professor of surgery in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson. “We hope it will function as the ultimate coaching tool because it not only streamlines the coaching of the medical interviewing process, but also makes it uniquely personalized for each student while saving valuable time for both faculty and students. It offers individualized coaching with targeted feedback, allowing students to refine their medical interview skills with precision.”
The development of AIMHEI is being led by Hamilton, who has an appointment as an ECE research professor in addition to his position with the Department of Surgery. AIMHEI is the first project under the newly created Artificial Intelligence Division in Simulation, Education, and Training, or AIDSET, within ASTEC.
Learn more about the development of AIMHEI here.