This course will aim to review fundamentals of instructional design, outline the foundations of modern artificial intelligence tools, and leverage the growing variety of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for application in health professions education curricula. The course will begin with a brief review of the fundamentals of instructional design and competency-based program development in health professions education, then move into a review of the current models of artificial intelligence such as large language models and generative AI, as well as underlying techniques such as natural language processing and machine learning. The class when then engage in a brief exploration of the growing literature and evidence base regarding the use of artificial intelligence in health professions education, as well as the various available tools in the current marketplace and potential benefits and issues associated with each. Core to this course will be the creation of a complete teaching module, created using artificial intelligence tools and adhering to the core principles of effective instructional design. Given the rapidly developing field of artificial intelligence, students will be active participants in generating and validating course content based on their own experience and exploration of the field through related course assignments such as identifying and sharing a new piece of literature or tool and addressing its potential application to use in health professions education. Similar to other HPE courses, this will be offered in both online and in-person sections.

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