REAL-AI Educator Studio

Your practice profile fills these four letters.

Building the capacity that accreditation assumes.

Accreditation standards increasingly expect dental schools to teach with and about AI. The evidence suggests the limiting factor is educators' capacity, and the conditions institutions create for it. This studio supports that capacity using the REAL-AI framework, as part of a design-based research programme at the University of Manchester.

R

Reflective Integration

Using AI deliberately: questioning when it adds value and checking what it produces.

Working definition, pending alignment with the published framework.

E

Equity by Design

Designing AI use so that access, language and bias do not disadvantage any student or patient group.

Working definition, pending alignment with the published framework.

A

Authentic Clinical Alignment

Keeping AI-supported learning tied to real clinical judgement, patient safety and valid assessment.

Working definition, pending alignment with the published framework.

L

Learning-Centred Partnership

Working with students on how AI is used, so it strengthens learning rather than replacing it.

Working definition, pending alignment with the published framework.

  1. Profile your practice and conditions

  2. Work through evidence-based dilemmas

  3. Log what you change, and what happens