Ignacio Aránguiz, Luis Flores and Paula Sepúlveda from Universidad de O'Higgins, Rancagua, Chile.
Programs/courses
Basic-Clinical Integration Assessment (Medicine)
How have you used Clinical Mind AI in your teaching or research?
During the final stage of the 2025 academic year, we decided to incorporate Clinical Mind AI into one of the most important milestones in medical training at the Faculty of Health Sciences of O’Higgins University: the Basic-Clinical Integration Assessment. This activity is carried out with third-year medical students and aims to evaluate the integrated use of the skills and knowledge acquired in the basic and preclinical courses during the first stage of the program.
Historically, this activity has consisted of two parts. In the first, students analyze a complex clinical case with multiple variables and are then evaluated by a committee of professors from different disciplines. In the second, students submit a reflective written report in which they are asked to provide a critical analysis of various aspects, including public health.
In the most recent edition of this important activity, we decided to approach the clinical case using Clinical Mind AI. We uploaded the case, with all its complexities, to the platform and gave students 60 minutes to interact with an AI-simulated patient. Afterwards, we conducted the oral examination before the committee, during which we were able to integrate, in a standardized way, aspects related to the clinical interview and the appropriate collection and synthesis of information in a complex case.
What impact or benefits have you observed for your students or teaching practice?
Without a doubt, this approach to implementing the Basic-Clinical Integration Assessment expanded the range of skills that could be evaluated, since the way students interact with the AI-simulated patient directly influences the quality of the information collected and, consequently, the likelihood of building a strong case to present to the faculty committee.
The challenge of carrying out an assessment of this academic level with 85 students in parallel and in a standardized manner was made possible, to a great extent, thanks to Clinical Mind AI.
Anything else you’d like to share about your experience?
It is worth noting that Clinical Mind contributed to a significant qualitative improvement in the academic quality of a key assessment instrument within the medical curriculum at O’Higgins University.
