Publications

'Tough but Fair': Standards with Support - Empowering Success.
Garwood S, Taylor TAH, Chen CCA, Naik AR, Shah A, Appel J, Ausel E, Ely S, Gathu C, Hernandez M, Ly K, McKell D, Mitov M, Thesen T
Med Sci Educ. 2026 Aug;36(4):2043-2047. doi: 10.1007/s40670-026-02818-0. Epub 2026 Jul 2.
PMID: 42756297

LLM-based generation of USMLE-style questions with ASPET/AMSPC knowledge objectives: All RAGs and no riches.
Thesen T, Tuan RL, Blumer J, Lee MW
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2026 Aug;92(8):2569-2573. doi: 10.1002/bcp.70119. Epub 2025 Jun 8.
PMID: 40483567

From Hype to Reality: AI's Rapid Transformation of Health-Sciences Professions Education.
McKell D, Hernandez M, Apple J, Gathu C, Ausel E, Chen CCA, Ely S, Garwood S, Ly K, Mitov M, Naik AR, Shah A, Taylor TAH, Thesen T
Med Sci Educ. 2026 Jun;36(3):1641-1646. doi: 10.1007/s40670-026-02745-0. Epub 2026 May 6.
PMID: 42438503

ConsultCraft: Reimagining Perioperative Education With AI-Based Adaptive Case Discussions.
Buhl LK, Salotto K, Thesen T
J Educ Perioper Med. 2026 Jan-Mar;28(1):E761. doi: 10.46374/10.0VolXXVIII_Issue1_Buhl. Epub 2026 Apr 13.
PMID: 41982266

Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education: Surviving the Storm and After.
Ly K, Ely S, Ausel E, Brenneman A, Garwood S, Gathu C, Hernandez M, Ikonne U, McKell D, Naik AR, Rowe R, Taylor TAH, Thesen T
Med Sci Educ. 2026 Feb;36(1):477-481. doi: 10.1007/s40670-025-02633-z. Epub 2026 Jan 8.
PMID: 41939074

Fairness-aware K-means clustering in digital mental health for higher education students: a generalizable framework for equitable clustering.
Alluri P, Chen Z, Thesen T, Jacobson NC, Marrero WJ
JAMIA Open. 2026 Feb;9(1):ooaf174. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaf174. Epub 2026 Jan 12.
PMID: 41531745

Current Challenges and Opportunities for Basic Sciences in Medical Education.
Ausel E, Garwood S, Brenneman A, Ely S, Gathu C, Hernandez M, Ikonne U, Ly K, McKell D, Naik AR, Rowe R, Taylor T, Thesen T
Med Sci Educ. 2025 Dec;35(6):3217-3223. doi: 10.1007/s40670-025-02479-5. Epub 2025 Aug 23.
PMID: 41798344

A generative AI teaching assistant for personalized learning in medical education.
Thesen T, Park SH
NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Nov 4;8(1):627. doi: 10.1038/s41746-025-02022-1. Epub 2025 Nov 4.
PMID: 41188616

Identifying sex- and gender-specific endocrinological, lifestyle, psychosocial, and socio-cultural targets for Alzheimer's disease prevention in Africans: The Female Brain Health and Endocrine Research in Africa (FemBER-Africa) project.
Udeh-Momoh CT, Aliwa B, Atwoli L, Blackmon K, Bosire E, Gitau S, Kaleli H, Kamanda C, Khakali L, Maina R, Mativo P, Mbugua S, Merali Z, Muchungi K, Njogu N, Nyankira D, Okech V, Ondieki A, Onyancha C, Onyango SO, Shah J, Shah S, Smith C, Sokhi D, Waa S, Gregory S, Hill-Jarrett TG, Kafetsouli D, Mielke MM, Muniz-Terrera G, Solomon A, Thesen T, Tsoy E, Yasoda-Mohan A, Yokoyama JS, Watermeyer TJ
Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Nov;21(11):e70887. doi: 10.1002/alz.70887.
PMID: 41200794

Generative AI as the First Patient: Practice, Feedback, and Confidence.
Thesen T, O'Brien WN, Stone S, Pinto-Powell R
Med Sci Educ. 2025 Oct;35(5):2555-2560. doi: 10.1007/s40670-025-02473-x. Epub 2025 Aug 12.
PMID: 41555902

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