PatientGPT: Using AI to Compile Mental Health Case Studies

The aim of this strategy is for students to explore the use of AI while creating patient scenarios that reflect theoretical content and application of the nursing process.

Students employ their collaborative skills by working together, and the teacher is present to help them navigate AI generators including both their benefits and drawbacks.

In groups of 3-4, students create a patient profile and complete a nursing care plan according to various disorders of the schizophrenia spectrum according to DSM-V criteria. They are provided a nursing care template to capture their work. They are instructed to use an AI generator to create their patient profile and possible nursing interventions. They are required to verify the AI output with their textbooks and/or creditable nursing resources.
Groups will present their work in class, following by class discussion of each and then share their work on the class learning platform.

This strategy was inspired from a research article: Bumbach, M. D. (2024). The Use of AI Powered ChatGPT for Nursing Education. Journal of Nursing Education/the Journal of Nursing Education, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-20240318-04 and is based on collaborative learning aligned with a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. It also provides an authentic learning experience that can be applied to future clinical experiences in the hospital setting.

This activity takes place preferably in an active learning classroom in which students can group comfortably around tables with access to highspeed WIFI. It is developed mid-way within a third-year mental health nursing course in which the students know each other well. They have already obtained a good working knowledge of the nursing process and are applying it to new theory related to mental health and mental illnesses. It can run 1.5 hours-2.0 hours or more depending on the number of groups.

To assist with this activity recommend using Nursing course textbooks on Mental Health and Drug Guides.

Citation to others:
AI workshops at Champlain
Performa Group work course
Research article as mentioned above

Students will be able to:

• Classify the various disorders on the schizophrenia spectrum.
• Create patient profiles representing various disorders in the schizophrenic spectrum by using the DSM-V.
• Apply the nursing process in the care of a person experiencing mental illness.
• Develop nursing care plans in relation to a specific type of schizophrenia.
• Describe responsible use of AI in classroom learning.