HLTH 668MApplied Generative AI in Health: Evaluation, Safety, Governance, and Responsible Use

This course focuses on the practical application, evaluation, and responsible integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies in clinical medicine, public health, and health system operations. Students will explore real-world GenAI tools—including large language models (LLMs), clinical documentation copilots, chatbot, and synthetic data platforms—and learn how to assess accuracy, reliability, privacy risks, fairness impacts, and clinical safety. Emphasis is placed on practical evaluation frameworks, health-sector governance, and the regulatory context (PHIPA, PIPEDA, FDA/Health Canada guidance). Students will analyze real-world use cases, such as AI Scribe for clinical summarization, Chatbot for public health communication, LLM for social media data processing and qualitative analysis, and synthetic data generation. Ethical considerations—including bias, hallucination risks, accountability, safety monitoring, and transparency—are woven throughout the case studies.