Educational Technology Series

This series is designed to equip you with the latest tools and techniques for integrating AI into your academic and professional endeavors. Exemplary faculty and staff from across GW will lead these workshops to discuss the intersection of technology and academic medicine, with a special emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

Upcoming topics may include: 

  • AI use in the medical and residency application and selection 
  • Developing assessments and/or teaching material (e.g., cases) 
  • Slide design and image generation 
  • Enhancing productivity and efficiency in academic and professional tasks


Want to present on AI and share your expertise with colleagues? 
To suggest a topic and volunteer to present, please email the CFE at cfe@gwu.edu

Who should attend and why?

  • Faculty and/or staff members looking to integrate AI into their teaching and administrative tasks and the potential of AI in the educational environment.
  • To gain practical insights and hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI tools
  • Network with like-minded individuals and share experiences
Sessions & Resources
AI in Medical and Residency Applications and Selection
September 18th, 2024, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

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This session will cover the impact of AI in Medical and Residency Application and Selection, exploring how AI is changing the admissions and selection processes in medical schools and residency programs for both interviewees and interviewers. Associate Dean for MD Programs and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Ioannis Koutrouios, MD, PhD, MBA, and member of the AAMC's AI in Admissions and Selection Technical Advisory Committee, will discuss the current status of these tools in academic medicine, review the challenges and concerns for embracing them more broadly, and highlight potential future applications as programs more towards a more efficient, effective, fair, and informed process.

Speaker: Ioannis Koutroulis, MD, PhD, MBA

Harnessing GenAI to Create Text and Presentations
October 30th, 2024, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

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Want to start using genAI tools but don’t know where to start? Join the CFE for our second Fall Workshop Education Technology Session - Harnessing GenAI to Create Text and Presentations.  Kirsten Brown, PhD, MA, Associate Director of Teaching & Learning and Career Development, and Teodora Hristov, Senior Instructional Designer, will provide an overview of how genAI tools, such as ChatGPT, Napkin.ai, Microsoft Copilot, can be used for designing slides, writing narratives, and developing clinical cases and multiple choice questions (MCQs). We will also cover opportunities and limitations in applying tools to your text and presentation needs. Participants will leave with strategies to integrate AI into their future endeavors.

Presenters: 

AI Workshop on Literature Research
November 22, 2024, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Registration for the virtual workshop will open soon. 

This interactive workshop is designed for healthcare professions education faculty and researchers looking to enhance their research processes using generative AI tools. Participants will explore how to streamline literature searches, identify key themes, summarize findings, and generate insights more efficiently. The session will cover practical applications, ethical considerations, and strategies for integrating AI tools effectively into research workflows, ultimately supporting more informed, impactful research in healthcare education. 

The AI Edge in Academia: Unlocking Time for Teaching and Research 
December 2, 2024, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

Registration for the virtual workshop will open soon. 

The session, "The AI Edge in Academia: Unlocking Time for Teaching and Research," will explore how AI-driven tools can streamline essential faculty workflow processes such as crafting letters of recommendation (LORs), generating biography templates, summarizing course evaluations, and drafting end of year faculty reports (Lyterati). By integrating AI, faculty can enhance efficiency and focus on higher-impact activities, including teaching and research. Participants will also gain insights into optimizing AI tools for handling tasks like course evaluation summaries and drafting narratives such as end-of-year Lyterati reports. Additionally, the session will address similarities and valuable differences between ChatGPT and Perplexity. Participants will leave the session with tips for crafting prompts and real-world examples of how AI can unlock new levels of productivity. 

Presenters: 

  • Brandon Beattie, MMSc, PA-C
  • Elizabeth Prevou, DMSc, MPH, PA-C