{"title":"Generative artificial intelligence in medical education: moving from potential to practice: when AI surpasses MDs.","authors":"Leo Morjaria, Matthew Sibbald","doi":"10.36834/cmej.80607","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.80607","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"44-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826819/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146054935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI in health professions education.","authors":"Cindy Schmidt","doi":"10.36834/cmej.82934","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.82934","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"3-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826827/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146047563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Compassionate primary care training and practice in the digital technology sphere: a scoping review protocol.","authors":"Asiana Elma, Vyshnave Jeyabalan, Emma Wilson, Tavis Apramian, Jeffrey Myers, Giovanna Sirianni","doi":"10.36834/cmej.81831","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.81831","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"54-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826808/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146047506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"AI that teaches: an evidence-based GPT model to improve medical student understanding of pulmonary function tests.","authors":"Anusha Aiyar, Henry Moon","doi":"10.36834/cmej.80873","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.80873","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Implication Statement This study explores the integration of an augmented Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) tool with curated scientific sources to enhance the learning of pulmonary function test (PFT) interpretation in pre-clerkship medical education. Our findings suggest that this approach offers notable improvements in accuracy, reliability, and the quality of explanations compared to existing tools, such as Out-of-Box GPT and USMLE Q-Banks. The PFT learning assistant can support medical students in navigating common learning barriers, provide a personalized and scalable approach to evidence-based medical education Énoncé des implications de la recherche Cette étude explore l'intégration d'un outil de transformation générative pré-entraînée (GPT) enrichi de ressources scientifiques sélectionnées afin d'améliorer l'apprentissage de l'interprétation des épreuves fonctionnelles respiratoires (EFR) dans la formation médicale préclinique. Nos résultats suggèrent que cette approche offre des améliorations notables en termes de précision, de fiabilité et de qualité des explications par rapport aux outils existants, tels que le GPT standard et les banques de questions USMLE. Cet assistant d'apprentissage des EFR peut aider les étudiants en médecine à surmonter les obstacles d'apprentissage courants et propose une approche personnalisée et adaptable de la formation médicale fondée sur les preuves.</p>","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"32-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826814/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146047540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing AI literacy in Canadian orthopedic education: a framework for equitable and inclusive training.","authors":"Rahul Kumar, Rohan Phadke, Samer Salman","doi":"10.36834/cmej.82734","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.82734","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"36-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826811/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146047533","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Editor-in-Chief's farewell.","authors":"Marcel F D'Eon","doi":"10.36834/cmej.82935","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.82935","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146054951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Rahul Kumar, Mouayad Masalkhi, Andrew G Lee
{"title":"OpenAI's Sora in medical education: artificial videos in the classroom of the future Sora d'OpenAI dans l'enseignement médical : des vidéos artificielles dans la salle de classe du futur.","authors":"Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Rahul Kumar, Mouayad Masalkhi, Andrew G Lee","doi":"10.36834/cmej.79065","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.79065","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"41-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146055043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ye-Jean Park, Eddie Guo, Muskaan Sachdeva, Bryan Ma, Sara Mirali, Brian Rankin, Nikki Nathanielsz, Abrahim Abduelmula, Tatiana Lapa, Mehul Gupta, Trevor Champagne
{"title":"OSCEai dermatology: augmenting dermatologic medical education with Large Language Model GPT-4.","authors":"Ye-Jean Park, Eddie Guo, Muskaan Sachdeva, Bryan Ma, Sara Mirali, Brian Rankin, Nikki Nathanielsz, Abrahim Abduelmula, Tatiana Lapa, Mehul Gupta, Trevor Champagne","doi":"10.36834/cmej.80056","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.80056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>OSCEai Dermatology demonstrates how large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 can be integrated into medical education to enhance trainees' history taking and management skills in an OSCE-like format, including in visual-based specialties like dermatology. By generating diverse, realistic skin cancer role-play scenarios across different skin tones alongside the integration of pre-existing, evidence-based images, the app provides learners with valuable, personalized feedback. This innovation offers a novel, interactive learning tool that supplements traditional teaching methods and can be applied across various specialties. Institutions can adopt or adapt similar LLM-driven educational tools to introduce trainees to a wider range of clinical cases, fostering improved diagnostic skills and patient-centred, culturally sensitive care.</p>","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"29-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826809/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146055011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brittany Curry, Amrit Kirpalani, Mia Remington, Tamara Van Hooren, Ye Shen, Erin R Peebles
{"title":"Re-evaluating the role of personal statements in pediatric residency admissions in the era of artificial intelligence: comparing faculty ratings of human and AI-generated statements.","authors":"Brittany Curry, Amrit Kirpalani, Mia Remington, Tamara Van Hooren, Ye Shen, Erin R Peebles","doi":"10.36834/cmej.81345","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.81345","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Personal statements play a large role in pediatric residency applications, providing insights into candidates' motivations, experiences, and fit for the program. With large language models (LLMs) such as Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer (ChatGPT), concerns have arisen regarding how this may influence the authenticity of statements in evaluating candidates. This study investigates the efficacy and perceived authenticity of LLM-generated personal statements compared to human-generated statements in residency applications.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a blinded study comparing 30 ChatGPT-generated personal statements with 30 human-written statements. Four pediatric faculty raters assessed each statement using a standardized 10-point rubric. We analyzed the data using linear mixed-effects models, a chi-square sensitivity analysis, an evaluation of rater accuracy in identifying statement origin as well as consistency of scores amongst raters using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was no significant difference in mean scores between AI and human-written statements. Raters could only identify the source of a letter (AI or human) with 59% accuracy. There was considerable disagreement in scores between raters as indicated by negative ICCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>AI-generated statements were rated similarly to human-authored statements and were indistinguishable by reviewers, highlighting the sophistication of these LLM models and the challenge in detecting their use. Furthermore, scores varied substantially between reviewers. As AI becomes increasingly used in application processes, it is imperative to examine its implications in the overall evaluation of applicants.</p>","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"21-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826822/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146055160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyra Yuan Li, William Tien Tran, Farah Hashemi-Sabet, Fok-Han Leung
{"title":"Enhancing equity in medical school interview prep with ChatGPT.","authors":"Kyra Yuan Li, William Tien Tran, Farah Hashemi-Sabet, Fok-Han Leung","doi":"10.36834/cmej.82035","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.82035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":"16 6","pages":"52-53"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12826817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146054908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}