Understanding AI Vital Signs
What every clinician needs to know
Introducing our signature workshop aimed at empowering clinicians to navigate the new future of AI in patient care.
Why do clinicians need to know about AI?
Maximize benefits & minimize risks
Join AI conversations & influence decisions
Address fears & increase confidence
Recent survey findings from Rock Health and the American Academy of Family Physicians reveal that while more than 90% of survey respondents have tried or are open to trying AI solutions in primary care, 81% want more training to fully trust these solutions in clinical settings. Despite interest in these technologies, over 60% of family physicians said they currently have limited or no input on AI procurement decisions.
Overview
AI is rapidly transforming patient care, with applications including medical scribing, clinical decision support, and administrative workflows. Simultaneously, AI introduces the potential for misinformation and exacerbating biases and inequities. Clinicians need fundamental AI literacy to advocate for its safe and effective use—maximizing benefits and minimizing risks to their practice and patient care.
Our workshop, "Understanding AI Vital Signs: What Every Clinician Needs to Know," prepares clinicians to lead this transformation rather than be left behind. This 90-minute interactive workshop frames AI concepts through a familiar clinical lens, aligning core AI components with ‘vital signs.’ We'll explore practical methods to assess these vital signs when evaluating AI tools for patient care. Participants will gain the confidence to enter AI conversations and take the first steps toward triaging AI tools for clinical practice.
Meet your instructors
Ruqaiya Shipchandler Akbari
Zainab Shipchandler, MPH, MCHES
Our multidisciplinary team includes specialists in public health education, AI literacy, and clinical medicine. This unique mix of expertise helps us prepare healthcare professionals to gain AI literacy and guide health systems through the AI health landscape.
Fatema Shipchandler, MD
Workshop Goals
Build foundational AI literacy
Equip providers with a basic understanding of what AI is and how it functions within clinical workflows.Promote critical appraisal of AI
Foster awareness of both the risks and benefits of AI, enabling clinicians to evaluate tools using core “vital signs” for safe, effective use.Empower responsible integration
Prepare participants to confidently adapt to AI-driven changes in healthcare, engage in informed discourse, and select tools that enhance patient care and physician wellbeing.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Explain what AI is and how it operates at a foundational level.
Analyze the potential risks and benefits of AI integration in their own clinical practice.
Evaluate AI tools by identifying and applying five core “vital signs” to triage their responsible use.
Course FAQs
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In just 90 minutes, gain essential AI knowledge through an engaging, peer-based session. Our clinician-designed framework and specialty-relevant examples ensure the content is practical, focused, and directly applicable to your clinical practice.
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You can expect our workshops to:
Share evidence-based strategies
Provide real-world examples
Help participants apply strategies to their workflows
Include resources for continued learning
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Workshops are virtual but can be conducted in person based on request.
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Workshops are designed to be brief but impactful. Most workshops will be 60 to 90 minutes long. Additional topics can be covered in follow-up workshops or a workshop series.
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We have partnered with client organizations to fulfill requirements to provide continuing education credits for a variety of health professions. Please contact us to see if this is possible for your workshop.
Hear from our lighthouse client
"As our residency’s AI faculty champion, I was very impressed with the ZRF Group's presentation ‘Understanding AI Vital Signs: What Every Clinician Needs to Know.’ The ZRF Group team provided a detailed outline of their workshop and was extremely adaptable in applying their AI Vital Signs framework to AI tools that are relevant to our learners' practice setting. The content of their workshop built on itself in an understandable and approachable way for learners with a wide variety of experience utilizing generative AI… I really appreciated their key learning points, including outlining the difference between the different "types" of AI, search engines and AI chatbots, and using the development of a common medication as an analogy in describing the development of AI tools... We would be thrilled to have the group present on healthcare AI topics again in the future!"
Minoo D’Cruz, MD
Associate Program Director for Clinic Operations
Swedish First Hill Family Medicine Residency
