Incorporating Artificial Intelligence Into Athletic Training Education: Developing Case-Based Scenarios Using ChatGPT

Abstract

ChatGPT is an AI-based large language model platform capable of mimicking human language patterns by responding to user queries. Although concerns over AI-generated content exist in health care and higher education, the ChatGPT platform can assist athletic training educators in creating academic content to alleviate aspects of their academic workload and responsibilities. To provide a brief historical overview of ChatGPT, accepted positives and negatives, and examples of how athletic training educators can use ChatGPT for case-based scenario contention creation. The initial development of ChatGPT began in 2018, with its public launch in November 2022. ChatGPT uses machine and in-context learning to replicate human language expression. Since its public launch, students, researchers, educators, clinicians, governments, and companies have sought to determine how to incorporate ChatGPT into their workflow operations. Athletic training educators can incorporate ChatGPT into their academic content creation methodology. With the capability of ChatGPT, athletic training educators have the potential to facilitate athletic training student learning more efficiently. ChatGPT can ease the academic workload of athletic training educators while being a beneficial clinical tool that athletic training students may use in their future workplace settings. Athletic training educators should consider using ChatGPT or a similar AI-based large language model platform when developing education content and simulation scenarios. ChatGPT can lessen athletic training educator workload and potentially facilitate athletic training student learning.