Navigating <scp>AI</scp> with pedagogical purpose: Toward an anatomy‐centered framework for <scp>AI</scp> ‐enhanced learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in medical education, enabling customized, feedback-rich, and immersive learning experiences. Anatomy education, as a discipline that is simultaneously visual, spatial, and clinically foundational, occupies a distinctive position within this technological landscape. Although current literature addresses AI's potential benefits and ethical concerns in medical and anatomical contexts, a critical gap exists regarding pedagogical frameworks specifically tailored to anatomy education. Most existing AI frameworks have been developed for general educational contexts and have not been articulated for discipline-specific domains such as anatomy. This article identifies and explores this pedagogical gap by proposing an Anatomy-AI Integration Framework that situates AI technologies within the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective demands of anatomy education. Drawing from existing literature, clinical education frameworks, and advances in AI-assisted simulation, we present a roadmap to guide AI integration that is pedagogically intentional, clinically relevant, and grounded in systematic analysis of anatomy's unique learning demands. The Anatomy-AI Integration Framework comprises four domains: Theoretical Grounding, Competency Alignment, Embodied Learning, and Ethical Engagement, with a comprehensive validation pathway to move from conceptual model to evidence-based practice.
Authors
- Rachel Jayasekhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0884-8167)
- Gok Kandasamy
Institutions
- Teesside University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anatomical Sciences Education
- Published
- 2026-07-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.70317
- Primary Topic
- Anatomy and Medical Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00