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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medical Education (904) e-Learning and Digital Medical Education (1684) New Methods and Approaches in Medical Education (694) Chatbots and Conversational Agents (1257) Generative Language Models Including ChatGPT (1682)

Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/102908, first published .
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Curriculum-Aligned Conversational AI to Support Pathology Self-Directed Learning in Preclinical Medical Students: Crossover Randomized Pilot Study

Curriculum-Aligned Conversational AI to Support Pathology Self-Directed Learning in Preclinical Medical Students: Crossover Randomized Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Kasie Roark1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yumin Choi2 Author Orcid Image ;   Elizabeth Hoy2 Author Orcid Image ;   Noel Tufts2 Author Orcid Image ;   Robert Amevor4 Author Orcid Image ;   Rahul Ghosal4 Author Orcid Image ;   Brian Keisler5 Author Orcid Image ;   Leonardo Bonilha2, 3, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Ioulia Chatzistamou1 Author Orcid Image
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Kasie Roark   1, 2, 3 , MS ;   Yumin Choi   2 , BS ;   Elizabeth Hoy   2 , BS ;   Noel Tufts   2 , MPH ;   Robert Amevor   4 , MS, PhD ;   Rahul Ghosal   4 , PhD ;   Brian Keisler   5 , MD ;   Leonardo Bonilha   2, 3, 6 , MD, PhD ;   Ioulia Chatzistamou   1 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Floyd School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

2 AI in Medicine Extracurricular Track, Floyd School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

3 Office of Research, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

5 Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Floyd School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

6 Department of Neurology, Floyd School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Ioulia Chatzistamou, MD, PhD
  • Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
  • Floyd School of Medicine
  • University of South Carolina
  • 6439 Garners Ferry Rd, Bldg #1, Room B33
  • Columbia, SC 29209
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 803 2163467
  • Email: chatzistamou@uscmed.sc.edu