Temerty Centre Speaker Series: Samir Grover (Sep. 15)
TITLE: How AI will change medical education delivery: From living curricula to ambient assessment PRESENTER: Dr. Samir Grover METHOD: Zoom DATE: September 15, 2026 TIME: 12:30pm to 1:30pm ET
How AI will change medical education delivery: From living curricula to ambient assessment
Abstract
For most of its history, medical education has treated the curriculum as a fixed but updatable document and its content as durable artifacts: the syllabus, the lecture, the handout, the exam. AI lets us reconsider all three. This session offers a constructive view of how medical education can evolve when capable AI becomes integrated into the fabric of delivery of medical education.
The talk proposes a modern architecture built on a few shifts. First, curriculum as scaffold: a living layer, grounded in an institution's approved sources with full provenance, in which competencies are not hard-coded constants but governed, versioned objects that move as guidelines and standards move. Second, artifacts as transient: when grounded content can be generated on demand, the durable assets are no longer the documents but the scaffold itself and the accumulating evidence of competence. Third, a new layer of AI competencies that must enter the standard. Fourth, the use of virtual patients that turn scarce, scheduled practice into unlimited, varied, low-stakes repetition. And finally, ambient performance assessment: continuous, multimodal measurement drawn from real and simulated encounters that generates competency evidence without the episodic exam.
About the Presenter
Dr. Samir C. Grover is a Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Toronto, a gastroenterologist and advanced endoscopist, and the inaugural Executive Vice-President, Academics at Scarborough Health Network. He holds the Pialis Family Chair in Education Research at the Scarborough Health Network Research Institute, where he leads a research program focused on simulation-based training, technology-enhanced learning, and assessment in endoscopy and medical education. His work has influenced endoscopy education and training practices internationally, with a particular emphasis on simulation, deliberate practice, and competency-based assessment. Dr. Grover is also the founder of the University of Toronto Endoscopic Simulation Course and has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, educational innovation, and program development.
