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When Michael Bumbach, Ph.D., APRN,<\/a> started his career as a nurse practitioner in the emergency room, he was petrified during his first consultations with specialists. It was something the UF College of Nursing<\/a> clinical assistant professor had never practiced in school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because this experience is so common among new graduates, Bumbach has been working to make the transition to the professional health care world easier by incorporating artificial intelligence into classroom learning. He has been perfecting an AI-powered system \u2014 complete with emergency room simulations and clinician avatars \u2014 that students can use at UF to build interdisciplinary collaboration skills for the future.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read full story at nursing.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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