In progress
This page will grow into HIMbook’s guidance on using generative AI tools during clinical work and teaching.
Principles
- Ask the tool the question you would ask a consultant, then check the citation. Synthesis tools are good at assembling; they are not a substitute for reading the source.
- Never enter patient identifiers into a tool that is not covered by your institution’s agreements.
- Treat a confident answer with no citation as a hypothesis, not a finding.
- Use AI to widen the differential, not to close it. Its best use in reasoning is as a prompt for what you have not yet considered.
Tools referenced on the front page
- VLRChat — grounded in the VUMC Housestaff Handbook
- OpenEvidence
- UpToDate Expert AI (VUMC login)