Meet Tyler Bland (go.uidaho.edu/3Vt7q0W), clinical assistant professor in the School of Health and Medical Professions (go.uidaho.edu/4nJgRFM). Medical students struggle to learn and retain the fire hose of information they need to become doctors. Bland explains how he is using ingenuity, imagination and AI to create Pokémon-esque monsters and medically-themed movies to help his students learn.

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Music

“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).

“Reach” by Sam Cardon (go.uidaho.edu/46LpVUE) via Amphibious Zoo.

Chapters

(0:00) Have you used mnemnic devices

(2:36) Getting to know Tyler Bland

(3:43) Medical education challenges

(7:42) Introducing Medimon

(13:01) Medimon video games

(15:45) Case studies become AI movies with Hollywood stars

(17:45) Shattered Slippers with Selena Gomez

(21:48) Malaria through Alien

(25:28) Are the students learning better?

(28:34) Final thoughts