Integrating generative AI in health sciences education : Faculty perceptions, development needs, and institutional support

Author's Biography

Cheryl Miller EdD, MA, serves as Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Technology and Innovation at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), where she supports educators and institutions in navigating the evolving landscape of educational technology. Drawing on nearly three decades of experience in higher education, Cheryl’s work focuses on the integration of emerging technologies, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI), digital literacy, and digital accessibility. She combines established student success strategies with innovative technological approaches to guide institutional digital transformation while centring learner achievement.

Pamela Meyers MA, is a faculty development specialist who works in the Teaching and Learning Center at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). In her role, she focuses primarily on new faculty development. She comes to OHSU with over 20 years’ teaching experience, focusing primarily on general education and technical and professional writing classes, and uses these skills as a facilitator for inter-professional education and narrative medicine. Her current research focuses on faculty use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and its implications for academic identity, and the role of contexts in supporting the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Heather Hawk DNP, RN, CNE, is a faculty member in the School of Nursing at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). Her clinical expertise is in paediatric critical care. As an NLN-Certified Nurse Educator, Heather is passionate about creating learning environments that allow nursing students to excel. Her research focuses on advancing pedagogical excellence in nursing education, with expertise in online learning experiences. Heather is active in the National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau and Quality Matters.

Jessica Walter EdD, MA, is an Assistant Professor of Management at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU). She has led curriculum revisions and innovations for online graduate programmes in healthcare management and administration. She teaches across multiple programmes from undergraduate to continuing professional development, weaving together technology, playfulness, and experiential learning.

Brandon Wilkinson MLS, is a Health Sciences Education and Research Librarian and the primary contact for the School of Nursing at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Library. He has worked in community college and university libraries in Oregon and Washington over the last decade. Brandon’s teaching is focused on research skills and information literacy for nursing and medical students, and his academic interests include privacy rights, intellectual freedom, dis-/misinformation, and the psychology of persuasion

Tova Johnson MPH, MA, MLIS, is the Critical Pedagogy and Research Librarian at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Library and the primary liaison for the graduate programmes in Human Nutrition and the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute. She plans and delivers instruction, consultations and reference services that strengthen effective searching, critical analysis and management of health information for OHSU’s education, research, and clinical communities, including one-on-one, group, and classroom settings. At OHSU, Tova directs graduate-level courses on information searching and management for the Food Systems and Society programme and the Program for Biomedical Sciences, and supports teaching practices informed by antiracist and other critical frameworks. Prior to joining OHSU, Tova worked at the William and Mary Libraries in Williamsburg, Virginia. Her professional interests include critical librarianship and critical information literacy; diversity, equity, and inclusion in libraries; and health equity.