Welcome to the OT Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence. This handbook covers important topics that OT students should know about artificial intelligence including the fundamentals of AI, ethical considerations, how to maintain academic integrity, and how this technology is impacting the field of occupational therapy. Below are some tips to help you to navigate this guidebook!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of AI
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This chapter contains important information on what AI is, important terms to know, a discussion on how AI learns, and examples of AI in our daily lives
Chapter 2: Ethical Considerations
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This chapter outlines some common ethical concerns, as well as a framework for developing and using AI responsibly and how it connects to the AOTA Ethical Guidelines
Chapter 3: Responsible Use
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This chapter provides guidelines and best practices for using and citing AI in your role as a student
Chapter 4: How To Use AI
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This chapter presents some AI tools that might benefit you in your journey through OT school. This section also includes some strategies for prompting different generative AI tools and presents some example prompts.
Chapter 5: Implementation of AI in OT
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This chapter provides some examples of how AI is being used within occupational therapy today.
Learning Objectives & Reflection questions
- Learning objectives are at the top of each chapter. These objectives outline the intended purpose of the chapter and are important points to understand as an AI literate student and future OT practitioner
- Reflection questions are at the bottom of some chapters. These reflection questions are intended to be completed before moving on to as they are intended to help you assess your understanding and begin to think about content in the next section
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