Student perceptions of GenAI as a virtual tutor to support collaborative research training for health professionals

GenAI offers an efficient and satisfactory approach to providing feedback to students for their research ideas. As a supportive tool, GenAI may foster student learning while enabling educators to rethink how and what they focus their time on, with an eye toward helping students understand more nuanced and complex research concepts. This study highlights the potential of GenAI as a virtual tutor, and the need for additional research to explore its benefits and challenges.