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Mini course · Foundation level

AI Essentials for Healthcare Professionals

A practical, vendor-neutral introduction to using generative AI safely at work: understand what AI is actually doing, where it genuinely helps and where it must not be trusted, how to protect patient data before you prompt, how to verify every output, and how to write better prompts — all built around one continuous team story.

1.8 hours · self-paced28 lessonsVerifiable digital credential
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AI Essentials for Healthcare Professionals

What is AI Essentials for Healthcare Professionals?

Follow "The Busy Quality Improvement Team" and Dr. Sara Hassan as they start using an AI assistant to help with everyday tasks — drafting, summarizing, organizing and brainstorming. At each step you will decide what AI can help with, what must stay human, how to protect patient data, and how to check the output before anyone relies on it. This is a fictional educational scenario. Nothing here is clinical, legal or vendor advice — always follow your organization's approved tools and policies.

Duration
1.8 hours
Lessons
28
Level
Foundation
Format
Online, self-paced
Outcomes

What you'll be able to do

  • Explain in plain language what generative AI is actually doing when it produces text.
  • Recognize that an AI output is a prediction, not a verified fact.
  • Decide where AI genuinely helps and where it should not be used.
  • Keep AI as an assistant while humans stay accountable for decisions.
  • Protect patient data by de-identifying information before prompting and using only approved tools.
  • Verify AI output for fabrication, accuracy, context and bias before relying on it.
  • Write clearer, safer prompts for healthcare tasks.
  • Apply a simple, safe end-to-end AI workflow at work.
Audience

Who this course is for

PhysiciansNursesPharmacistsAllied Health ProfessionalsQuality & patient-safety staffHealthcare managers and administratorsHealthcare educatorsStudentsNon-clinical healthcare staff
Curriculum

Course content

28 lessons · 1.8 hours total · free preview available

1

How Generative AI Actually Works

6 minFree preview· How AI Actually Works

Generative AI predicts likely text based on patterns in data — it does not "know" facts and does not check whether its output is true. Meet The Busy Quality Improvement Team and Dr. Sara Hassan, who are about to start using an AI assistant at work.

2

What Is AI Actually Doing?

3 min· How AI Actually Works

Available after you enroll.

3

Match the AI Concept

4 min· How AI Actually Works

Available after you enroll.

4

Sounds Right. Is It Right?

4 min· How AI Actually Works

Available after you enroll.

5

AI Strength or AI Risk?

5 min· How AI Actually Works

Available after you enroll.

6

Find the AI Illusion

5 min· How AI Actually Works

Available after you enroll.

7

Where AI Helps — and Where It Doesn't

6 min· Where AI Helps, and Where It Doesn't

Available after you enroll.

8

Match the Task to the AI Role

4 min· Where AI Helps, and Where It Doesn't

Available after you enroll.

9

Should AI Be Used Here?

5 min· Where AI Helps, and Where It Doesn't

Available after you enroll.

10

The AI Use Case Test

4 min· Where AI Helps, and Where It Doesn't

Available after you enroll.

11

Build the Safe AI Boundary

5 min· Where AI Helps, and Where It Doesn't

Available after you enroll.

12

Protecting Patient Data

6 min· Protecting Patient Data

Available after you enroll.

13

De-identify Before You Prompt

5 min· Protecting Patient Data

Available after you enroll.

14

Sensitive or Safe?

5 min· Protecting Patient Data

Available after you enroll.

15

Can Sara Paste This?

4 min· Protecting Patient Data

Available after you enroll.

16

Approved Tool or Public Tool?

4 min· Protecting Patient Data

Available after you enroll.

17

Privacy Before Prompt

4 min· Protecting Patient Data

Available after you enroll.

18

Checking the Output

6 min· Checking the Output

Available after you enroll.

19

Spot the Fabrication

5 min· Checking the Output

Available after you enroll.

20

What Should You Verify?

4 min· Checking the Output

Available after you enroll.

21

The Confident Wrong Answer

4 min· Checking the Output

Available after you enroll.

22

Who Might This Output Miss?

5 min· Checking the Output

Available after you enroll.

23

The 6-Point AI Verification Check

4 min· Checking the Output

Available after you enroll.

24

Your AI Toolkit

6 min· Your AI Toolkit

Available after you enroll.

25

Build a Better Healthcare Prompt

5 min· Your AI Toolkit

Available after you enroll.

26

Run the Safe AI Workflow

9 min· Your AI Toolkit

Available after you enroll.

27

AI Essentials — Final Assessment

12 min· Your AI Toolkit

Available after you enroll.

28

AI Essentials Complete

2 min· Your AI Toolkit

Available after you enroll.

Credential

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This certificate confirms completion of the AIHCM micro-course AI Essentials for Healthcare Professionals.

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How it works

  1. Finish all 28 lessons at your own pace.
  2. Get your digital credential with a unique ID.
  3. Share it — employers can verify it at aihcm.us.
FAQ

Questions people ask

Does this course recommend a specific AI tool?

No — it is vendor-neutral. It teaches principles and always defers to the tools and policies your organization has approved.

Will AI make clinical decisions for me?

No. Throughout the course, AI is an assistant that helps with drafting, summarizing and organizing. Humans verify every output and remain accountable for all decisions.

Is it safe to paste patient information into an AI tool?

Not into public tools, and never identifiable information. The course teaches de-identification and using only approved tools within policy.

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