AI-usage in Medical technology - Student reflections

Other conference contribution, 2025

Roundtable introduction:  The rapid spread of generative-AI tools for writing assistance has resulted in an onslaught of new research studies, far too many to cite here. However, many teachers are incorporating generative AI into their writing-related instruction and are making important localized—but often generalizable—observations about the results. To provide a context for such reflection, we propose a roundtable in the spirit of Donald Schön’s “reflective practice,” a concept that prioritizes teachers’ experimentation, observation, reflection, and reconsideration of instructional practice. This cyclical process, similar to classroom-based research, has also been theorized and advocated by scholars such as Kolb, Gibbs, and Korthagen.

 Accordingly, roundtable members will each describe and contextualize a use of generative AI for writing support and instruction, along with a synthesis of their observations. Our goal is togenerate a livelier period of discussion and sharing than what occurs during the presentation of clinically conducted research studies.