Students’ Perceptions of an AI-Enhanced Ethics Learning Platform: A Pilot Study on Interprofessional Healthcare Education
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Introduction
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can produce realistic clinical scenarios on demand and deliver immediate, individualized feedback, yet its use to teach ethical reasoning, rather than to address the ethics of AI itself, remains underexplored in interprofessional healthcare education.
Aim
This pilot study examined how interprofessional healthcare students perceived an AI-enhanced, case-based platform designed to support ethical decision-making across physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language pathology, and audiology.
Methods
Students enrolled in an interprofessional education course completed an online module of 20 instructor-vetted, AI-generated ethics cases and an optional post-activity survey of Likert-scale and open-ended items. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively and qualitative responses were analyzed through content analysis.
Results
Ten students responded. Within this small sample, perceptions of platform utility and usability were strongly positive, with all respondents agreeing that immediate feedback and scenario variety supported learning. Perceptions were more divided when the platform was compared directly with traditional classroom learning, and respondents identified pacing and auto-scrolling as usability concerns.
Conclusions
These preliminary findings suggest AI-enhanced case-based platforms can engage students and support applied ethics learning but are best positioned to complement rather than replace traditional instruction. Findings are exploratory given the small, demographically limited sample.
