Technology and AI: Transforming Health Professions Education

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Application Deadline: January 14, 2026

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Transform learning environments by integrating cutting-edge tools and technologies, including generative AI, in this dynamic online program.

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This program is taught online in real time.

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Continuing Education Credits

23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

A Certificate of Completion is awarded.

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8 Weeks, 2 Required Sessions/Week

The program will be held virtually every Tuesday and Thursday over the course of eight weeks.

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Overview


With the pace of digital transformation accelerating, health professions educators are challenged to adapt and respond to an ever-evolving landscape of teaching and learning. This innovative eight-week online course empowers educators to effectively integrate emerging technologies — including generative AI — into their educational practice, leadership, and program development. Immersive and hands-on, the program provides participants with practical tools and strategies for enhancing teaching, assessment, active learning, and collaboration across diverse educational settings.

Learning Objectives

  • Integrate technology into varied health profession learning environments, aligning learning, teaching, and technology using evidence-based approaches
  • Apply new tools and frameworks to enhance active learning, assessment, and curricular co-creation
  • Foster experiential, collaborative, innovative technology-enhanced learning environments
  • Critically examine and apply novel, emerging technologies to advance educational practice
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Participant Types

Clinicians, Health Care Professionals, Educators

About the Program

Grounded in the science of education and driven by real-world application, the curriculum enables participants to reimagine their teaching and leadership within technology-enriched environments. This program equips participants to design impactful, evidence-based learning experiences tailored to pre-clinical, clinical, and postgraduate learners in healthcare professions. 

Through the integration and application of generative AI, participants will discover innovative tools that enhance content creation, curriculum design, feedback, and assessment. An emphasis on inclusive learning environments and universal design promotes accessibility and equity, leveraging technology to support all learners. Educators are empowered to foster engagement and collaboration across synchronous and asynchronous settings by facilitating active learning with digital tools. 

The program also develops essential skills in learning resource design, project management, and digital scholarship — including video editing, infographic development, and online instructional methodologies. Microteaching sessions provide safe spaces to experiment with and refine digital teaching strategies using AI and emerging tools. Additionally, participants will explore digital identity, expand global networks, and contribute to a vibrant educational community. 

The course culminates in the development of a personalized technology toolbox, supporting continued professional growth and transformation.

Program Format

Delivered over eight immersive weeks on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, the course features hands-on learning through large and small group sessions, personalized consultation, and practical experience in designing and implementing new educational approaches.

Who Should Apply

This program is ideal for health professions educators and leaders at all levels who seek to enhance their teaching through technology and AI.

Program Faculty

The program is led by a distinguished teaching team of experts in medical education, who bring a wealth of experience and a commitment to supporting your growth as an educator and leader in the health care field.

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Elissa Hall

EdD, MA

  • Director, Learning and Technology Innovation
  • Associate Director, Education Science, Mayo Clinic
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Neil Mehta

MBBS, MS

  • Professor of Medicine
  • Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
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Traci Wolbrink

MD, MPH

  • Co-Director, OPENPediatrics
  • Director of Education, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital
  • Associate Professor in Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Program Fee

Program fees do not include airfare, accommodation, meals, or educational materials. Review Cancellation Policy

  Program Fee
Application Deadline: January 14, 2026$2,400
Priority Enrollment Deadline: November 12, 2025$2,200

 

Application Requirements

Applicants must meet specific deadlines.

Frequently Asked Questions

To prepare your application for submission, please have the following documents available:

  • Current contact information, credentials, and scholarly background: This information helps us to form the diverse interprofessional and international groups that are the hallmark of the Harvard Macy Institute programs.
  • Project Information: During this program, you will collaborate with a small group of scholars on a project that you propose to implement at your home institution. This project is intended to address a specific issue or institutional challenge and will be central to your learning experience at Harvard. Please note, if accepted to the program the project description will be shared with fellow attendees and faculty to facilitate collaboration. We recognize your project may be in its preliminary stages and hope to support you to refine and develop your ideas throughout the program. Your project idea should include:
    • Project title
    • Project description (Include goals and what question, concern, problem, or situation is addressed by your project.)
    • Project Context (Include the number of individuals who will be impacted by your project. Which key leaders, stakeholders, participants, and/or systems will influence its success? What barriers do you anticipate in completing this project?)
    • Project Outcomes (What outcome(s) will define success for your project and what is the plan for measuring those outcomes?)

There is no application fee for this program.

*Your personal statement is an opportunity for the admissions committee to hear your voice. You can use a generative AI tool as you develop your essay, however, you are responsible for ensuring the veracity and originality of your statements. You are also responsible for acknowledging the use of the tool. If an essay is suspected to have used one of these tools without attribution or in its entirety, we reserve the right to deny your admission to the program or request that you submit a new essay in order to be considered.

We will acknowledge receipt of all applications and maintain all application information in strict confidence.

Students can expect to hear a decision on their application within 8 weeks of the application deadline.

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Jeffrey Huang

Transforming Your Teaching Using Technology Alumnus Jeffrey Huang

"I appreciated how we had both the theory-focused class sessions, when course faculty role-modeled how to use technology effectively, interspersed with small group breakout sessions, when we had more personalized interactions with faculty and other scholars."

Interview with Transforming Your Teaching Using Technology Alumnus Jeffrey Huang

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Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Core Competencies:

  • Work in Interdisciplinary Teams
  • Employ Evidence-Based Practice
  • Apply Quality Improvement
  • Utilize Informatics

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) / Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Educational (ACGME) competencies:

  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
  • Professionalism
  • Systems-Based Practice

Disclaimer & Disclosure

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

In accord with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss.

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