{"id":1467,"date":"2025-10-29T17:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shp.rutgers.edu\/annual-report\/?page_id=1467"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:03:26","slug":"ai-powered-teaching-and-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shp.rutgers.edu\/community-impact-report\/ai-powered-teaching-and-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-POWERED TEACHING AND SCHOLARSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When Antonina Mitrofanova, associate dean of research and associate professor of biomedical informatics, first began shaping initiatives in her role as co-director of Rutgers\u2019 Center for Biomedical Informatics and Health Artificial Intelligence, she kept returning to a question\u2014What could Rutgers School of Health Professions do with artificial intelligence (AI) that no one else could?<\/p>

\u201cAI is upon us,\u201d said Mitrofanova. \u201cWe can\u2019t escape it. Instead of fighting it, why not embrace it and use it in a smart way, to our advantage?\u201d<\/p>

SHP is uniquely positioned to use the new and growing field of AI to its advantage. With a strong research program, but with most faculty on the teaching track, Mitrofanova began to develop an innovative idea to combine the two: using AI in the classroom as a teaching tool and creating scholarship from it by measuring the results.<\/p>

\u201cBy using AI in an intentional, specific way in the classroom, our faculty can run mini-clinical trials,\u201d Mitrofanova said. \u201cIf we give a group of students AI tools and compare the outcomes to those that don\u2019t have it, faculty can generate research and publish their results.\u201d<\/p>

Mitrofanova introduced the initiative at SHP\u2019s annual Research and Scholarship Symposium in November 2024 and identified four faculty leads<\/strong>, each exploring a unique AI application:<\/p>

  • a hospital simulation for clinical training<\/li>
  • simulated conversations to mimic difficult and emotional interactions between clinicians and patients<\/li>
  • a project to assist students in literature review<\/li>
  • a leadership training module\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>


    The leads will run their pilots during the 2025 fall semester and meet biweekly to share progress, learnings, and student feedback. Mitrofanova expects these trials to inform a larger rollout, potentially as soon as spring.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    \u201cThe sky is the limit,\u201d Mitrofanova said. \u201cWe can do so many projects for so many specialties. But the key is to move forward thoughtfully, think about the ethical implications, generate scholarship for our faculty, and ensure we are building the skills our students need as clinicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

    —Antonina Mitrofanova\nAssociate Dean of Research\nAssociate Professor of Biomedical Informatics<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    The long-term goal is to make AI-supported teaching an ongoing feature at SHP, with a growing library of tested, ethically designed tools. Once the groundwork is set, she envisions seeking support from philanthropic organizations for funding.<\/p>

    \u201cAI is not here to replace us, it\u2019s here to enhance and augment what we do,\u201d said Mitrofanova. \u201cBut we have to build our program in an intentional way.\u201d<\/p>

    That philosophy includes identifying where AI tools excel as well as areas where they may not perform as well. Mitrofanova plans to measure feedback to ensure that the teaching tools are benefiting both students and faculty, as well as which tools may work better for in-person or online courses or for specific specialties and degree tracks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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