Thursday, 20 November 2025

Strategies For Developing Open Education Resources (OER) with AI in Health Professions Education - APMEC 2026 pre-conference workshop

https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/cenmed/sites/apmec2026/program_details.html#W2P5 

W2P5

Thursday 22nd January 2026, 1.30pm – 5.00pm

STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER) WITH AI IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION

1Tao Le and 2Goh Poh-Sun

1United States of America and 2Singapore

Workshop Description

Historically, high-quality health professions education has been expensive to develop and limited to major commercial or academic publishers. New digital platforms have accelerated the development of open education resources (OER), which have evolved to address critical cost and accessibility issues in education globally. Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools, in particular, offer unprecedented opportunities to streamline content creation, personalised learning, and automate resource curation, further expanding equitable access to quality educational materials. Finally, novel shared curricular ecosystem platforms can standardise and facilitate the management of OER, empowering a global community of medical educators to share, collaborate and go further together. This hands-on, interactive workshop builds on last year's successful session at APMEC 2025 and will provide participants with an introductory overview to OER with AI. Participants will be able to explore best practices for leveraging OER in existing curricular development processes. The facilitators will then discuss and demonstrate a variety of free, low-cost and AI-enabled tools for the development, management and sharing of OER. In small-group breakouts, participants will have an opportunity to experiment with selected tools to develop OER, exploring how AI can be used for content generation, translation or personalised learning pathways. Finally, potential pitfalls such as quality, critical appraisal, and copyright issues will be addressed, with a focus on responsible use of AI tools in the creation and dissemination of educational resources.

Workshop Objective

Upon completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

Explain the history, goals, and impacts of OER

Describe best practices for the development and implementation of OER

Identify and use free or low-cost tools, including AI-based solutions, to develop, manage and share OER

Explore AI's potential in accelerating content creation, improving translation and customising learner experiences

Discuss considerations for quality assurance, critical appraisal and copyright compliance, particularly in the context of responsible AI

Who Should Attend

Health professional education leaders, educators, learning designers in medical, nursing and allied health fields who are interested in sharing and collaborating with others, especially in low resource settings.


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✅ Workshop Title

Strategies for Developing OER with AI in Health Professions Education

1. Workshop Objectives

Understand the role of AI in OER development for health professions education.

Explore practical strategies for creating high-quality, accessible, and ethical OER using AI.

Identify best practices and ethical considerations in AI-enabled OER.

Develop an action plan for integrating AI tools into OER workflows.


2. Target Audience

Health professions educators

Instructional designers

Curriculum developers

Academic leaders


3. Workshop Structure (3–4 hours)

Part 1: Introduction (30 min)

What is OER? Principles and benefits in health education.

Why AI? Opportunities for scalability, personalization, and efficiency.


Reference:

Hersh, W. (2025). Generative AI: Implications for Biomedical and Health Professions Education. Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science. [arxiv.org]

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.10186

Ahsan, Z. (2025). Integrating AI into Medical Education: Current Applications and Challenges. BMC Medical Education. [bmcmededuc...entral.com]

https://bmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12909-025-07744-0



Part 2: AI Applications in OER Development (60 min)

Content Generation: Using LLMs for creating modular learning units.

Personalization: Adaptive learning paths for diverse learners.

Translation & Accessibility: AI for multilingual and inclusive OER.

Quality Assurance: AI-assisted peer review and plagiarism checks.


Reference:

Thompson, R. A. M. et al. (2025). AI Use in Medical Education: Best Practices and Future Directions. Current Urology Reports. [link.springer.com]

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11934-025-01277-1

Pham, T. D. et al. (2025). Impact of Generative AI on Health Professional Education. Medical Education. [asmepublic....wiley.com]

https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/medu.15746



Part 3: Ethical and Practical Considerations (45 min)

Bias and Accuracy: Ensuring reliability of AI-generated content.

Copyright & Licensing: Aligning AI outputs with Creative Commons.

Data Privacy: Protecting learner and patient information.

AI Literacy for Educators: Training faculty for responsible use.


Reference:

AMA (2025). Advancing AI in Medical Education through Ethics, Evidence and Equity. [ama-assn.org]

https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital-health/advancing-ai-medical-education-through-ethics-evidence-and

AAMC (2025). Principles for Responsible AI Use in Medical Education. [aamc.org]

https://www.aamc.org/about-us/mission-areas/medical-education/principles-ai-use



Part 4: Hands-On Activity (60 min)

Demo: Using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, or domain-specific AI) to create an OER module.

Group Work: Participants design a short OER resource using AI.

Peer Review: Evaluate outputs for quality and ethics.



Part 5: Action Planning & Discussion (30 min)

Develop institutional strategies for AI-enabled OER.

Share resources and repositories for collaboration.



4. Key Strategies

Start Small: Pilot AI for micro-content before scaling.

Collaborate: Share AI-generated OER in open repositories.

Validate Outputs: Combine AI with expert review.

Embed AI Literacy: Train educators and students on responsible AI use.


Reference:

Khamis, N., & Ungaretti, T. (2025). Faculty Development for AI Integration in Health Professions Education. Medical Science Educator. [link.springer.com]

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40670-025-02573-8

Sahu, P. K. et al. (2024). ChatGPT in Research and Health Professions Education: Challenges and Opportunities. Postgraduate Medical Journal. [academic.oup.com]

https://academic.oup.com/pmj/article/100/1179/50/7304050



5. Suggested Readings & Resources

Comprehensive Educators Guide for AI in Health Professions Education [uab.edu]

https://www.uab.edu/medicine/biomedicalinnovation/images/resources/comprehensive-educators-guide-for-ai-in-health-professions-education.pdf

Stanford Medicine AI in Medical Education Resources [med.stanford.edu]

https://med.stanford.edu/ai-in-meded.html

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