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Advisory services · 2026

Artificial intelligence in health professions education

One-to-one advisory and personalised professional development for senior leaders in health professions education.

Dr Andrew O'Malley Head of the Division of Education and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, University of St Andrews School of Medicine. Founder of SimPatient.

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How it works

A monthly retainer for senior leaders.

Generative AI is changing how students learn, how faculty assess and what graduates must be able to do. This one-to-one retainer gives you a senior, independent adviser who keeps you ahead of it, one theme at a time.

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Each month closes one loop. Across the year, the loops build on each other.
  1. Week 1Theme and questionsWe confirm the month’s theme and the questions you want answered.
  2. Week 2Briefing noteA two-page note on the theme, sent the week before we meet.
  3. Week 3One-to-one sessionSixty minutes together: the theme, what it means for your role and institution, and your questions.
  4. Week 4Follow-upNotes with agreed actions and a record of learning for your CPD portfolio.

One-to-one retainer

Fees on request

Fees are set out in the brochure, sent on request.

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Terms at a glance

  • Six-month minimum term
  • Then renews quarterly; one month's notice before any renewal
  • Fees in GBP, invoiced quarterly in advance
  • Your discussions remain confidential
  • Briefing notes licensed for your internal use

“Faculty development is urgently needed; many still don’t know how to prompt properly.”

Medical school faculty member, interviewed in Rahma AT, Hafeez U, Farooq M. AI integration in undergraduate medical education: qualitative study of faculty perspectives in the United Arab Emirates. JMIR Medical Education, 2026. doi:10.2196/90192

Briefing themes for year one

Twelve indicative themes, one each month.

The themes below are indicative and are tailored to your requirements and your institution. You may also reorder themes, or substitute an urgent topic, with two weeks' notice.

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  1. Month 1AI strategy: where to start
  2. Month 2Assessment integrity and generative AI
  3. Month 3AI use policy for students and staff
  4. Month 4Faculty development and AI literacy
  5. Month 5Simulated patients and communication skills
  6. Month 6Bias and equity in health AI
  7. Month 7Data protection, procurement and vendors
  8. Month 8Clinical reasoning and decision support
  9. Month 9What regulators and accreditors expect
  10. Month 10AI in curriculum design and mapping
  11. Month 11Research and scholarship with AI
  12. Month 12Year in review and horizon scan

Add-ons

Work for your institution.

Example activities that can be added at a fixed price at any point during the retainer. Other work can be undertaken at your request and is quoted separately.

Example activityDuration
AI readiness diagnosticSurvey, up to 10 interviews, curriculum and assessment review, 12-month action plan 4 weeks
On-site visitLeadership seminar and faculty workshop, with content tailored to your institution 2 days on site, plus tailored preparation
Institutional AI policyAI use, assessment integrity, data protection and procurement; one revision round 4 to 6 weeks

Fixed prices on request. Travel, accommodation and visa costs for on-site work are charged at cost.

Dr Andrew O'Malley

Your adviser

Dr Andrew O'Malley

Andrew leads medical education at a Scottish medical school and builds AI tools for clinical training. He advises publishers, technology companies and institutions on how generative AI should, and should not, be used in health professions education.

Roles

  • Head of the Division of Education and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education, University of St Andrews School of Medicine
  • Deputy Programme Director of ScotGEM, Scotland's graduate-entry medical programme for rural and remote practice
  • Founder of SimPatient, an AI simulated patient platform for clinical communication training, used by UK universities
  • Member of Elsevier's AI advisory board; adviser to ADInstruments; OpenAI Community Leader
  • Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland

Publications

Recent research.

Peer-reviewed work on AI in medical and health professions education.

  • Demographic biases in AI-generated simulated patient cohortsVeenhuizen M, O'Malley A. Advances in Simulation, 2025
  • Quality assurance and validity of AI-generated single best answer questionsAhmed A, Kerr E, O'Malley A. BMC Medical Education, 2025
  • Ensuring appropriate representation in AI-generated medical imageryO'Malley A, Veenhuizen M, Ahmed A. JMIR AI, 2024

All publications

Newsletter

AI × MedEd

A weekly synthesis of the research and practice on generative AI in medical education, written for educators and leaders.

Recent issues

  • Can AI play the patient?Nearly half of all implemented AI in clinical skills teaching is now a virtual patient, but the evidence for what it does to learning is still thin.
  • What AI does to the doctor’s mindFour 2026 papers argue the danger is not that the model gets it wrong, but that it sounds right, and our assessments cannot tell the difference.
  • The AI gap isn’t about enthusiasmOutside the US and Europe there is near-universal appetite for AI combined with very limited access.

All issues

Next step

A 30-minute introductory call.

Accepting one new client for January 2027

We agree your first themes and a start date. The retainer is offered to a small number of clients at a time.

andrew@omalley.net