Session Abstract
In his Igniting Our Practice session, participants will witness a live demonstration of AI-enabled assessment that directly addresses faculty concerns about generative AI in education. A volunteer will submit a lay summary of a research article on sodium restriction and hypertension management, receive immediate AI-generated feedback based on Jeff’s grading rubric, and then participate in an oral defense with an AI chatbot that probes their understanding and reasoning. This demonstration showcases how thoughtful assessment design can deter AI misuse while simultaneously enabling high-touch pedagogical practices (like oral examinations) that are traditionally difficult to scale. Participants will explore how this approach reclaims instructor agency in the age of AI and consider applications across their own disciplines.
Dr. Jeff Nagge
Biography
Dr. Jeff Nagge is a Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy and the Director of the School’s Ambulatory Care Pharmacy residency program. In 2024, he received the Award for Innovation in Education from the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada, and in 2023, the Silver Medal from QS Reimagine Education Awards for his groundbreaking work in AI-enabled clinical education.
Jeff’s teaching philosophy centres on using technology to enhance, not replace, meaningful student-instructor interactions, and his current work with AI is shaped / informed by two decades of reflection on experiential learning. As the founder of Canada’s first pharmacist-led referral-based hypertension clinic (2006), he brings clinical expertise into the classroom by creating immersive learning experiences that prepare students for real-world practice. His MOAT (Management of Oral Anticoagulation Therapy) course pioneered the use of generative AI to replace traditional in-person clinical rotations, demonstrating that AI can scale high-quality experiential learning without compromising educational rigour.
Currently, Jeff is developing AI-enabled virtual clinical simulations for culturally safe Indigenous healthcare in partnership with Indigenous content experts and designing a course in advanced hypertension management that leverages AI to provide students with immediate, personalized feedback at scale. His work consistently emphasizes instructor agency: in all his AI-enabled courses, faculty define the learning objectives, assessment criteria, and knowledge base—AI simply facilitates delivery.