Module 1 · 5 lessons
How AI works and safe use
- You're the CEO, AI is the team
- What a large language model actually does
- Why AI is confidently wrong
- Prompting like a clinician
- Golden rules for safe use
Free course · for doctors in Australia
AI Foundations for Doctors
Use AI like a careful clinician: safely, legally and with evidence. 26 short video lessons, about 85 minutes in total, each with written notes.
- 26 lessons in 6 modules
- About 85 minutes
- Free with a LearnMedicine account
Approved by AMA CPD Home for 2 CPD hours (Educational Activities, 2026). Narrated with an AI version of Dr Roman Pathak's own voice. Reflects Australian guidance as at October 2026.
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Inside the course
What you will be able to do
Doctors working in or preparing for Australian practice: GP registrars, international medical graduates, supervisors and anyone fielding questions about AI scribes and chatbots.
- 01
Explain how large language models work and why they are confidently wrong.
- 02
Use AI for study and evidence without outsourcing your clinical reasoning.
- 03
Respond safely when a patient arrives with an AI answer.
- 04
Draft letters and reports from de-identified facts and audit every line before it leaves your desk.
- 05
Use an AI scribe with valid consent and a properly reviewed note.
- 06
Work within Ahpra, privacy law, TGA rules and your indemnity.
Course contents
26 lessons in 6 modules, each with written notes.
Module 2 · 5 lessons
Study, evidence and exam preparation
- Deep research with NotebookLM
- Evidence at the point of care
- Your knowledge vault
- Exam practice without outsourcing your reasoning
- Study integrity
Module 3 · 4 lessons
Patients and AI
- The patient who arrives with an AI answer
- Check the claim together and agree a safe plan
- AI for patient information and translation
- Patient-facing AI tools in your practice
Module 4 · 4 lessons
AI in everyday GP work
- Good tasks and bad tasks for AI in practice
- Drafting letters and reports from de-identified facts
- Auditing output before it leaves your desk
- Automation bias and deskilling
Module 5 · 4 lessons
AI scribes
- What AI scribes capture and what they miss
- Consent, signage and documenting consent
- Reviewing the note, item numbers and registrar rules
- Choosing a scribe: data, secondary use and TGA status
Module 6 · 4 lessons
Legal and professional guardrails
- Ahpra: accountability, transparency and consent
- Privacy law and the December 2026 changes
- TGA: when software becomes a medical device
- Indemnity, practice policy and the six-question safety check
Built on guidance from RACGP, Ahpra and the Medical Board of Australia, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Therapeutic Goods Administration. Not legal advice; check current guidance before relying on it.
Your educator
Learn with Dr Roman Pathak.
Australian general practitioner and LearnMedicine educator. Case-based teaching that connects clinical reasoning, consultation structure and the Australian healthcare context.
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Your questions.
Is it really free?
Yes. Create a free LearnMedicine account and every lesson and its notes are open to you. No payment details are needed.
Does it count for CPD?
Yes. AMA CPD Home has approved it for 2 CPD hours in Educational Activities for 2026. After you complete every lesson, LearnMedicine reviews your saved progress and issues your certificate, which you can use to claim the hours with your CPD home.
Who is it for?
Doctors working in, or preparing for, Australian practice. The legal and regulatory content is specific to Australia.
Why is the narration AI-generated?
The scripts are prepared by Dr Roman Pathak with AI assistance, checked against current Australian guidance and read by an AI version of his own voice, so the course can be updated quickly when guidance changes.
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