AI in the ER: The future of nursing education

Emory HAL can be connected to real-life diagnostic equipment such as ventilators and monitors to replicate real hospital settings. (Jim Burress/WABE)

While there are still many practicing nurses who were taught how to use a needle on an orange, the cohort of nurses being trained today will have the benefit of the latest advances in technology.

Introducing Emory HAL: The world’s first artificial intelligence-enabled patient simulator designed to train nurses. Developed and manufactured by Gaumard Scientific, the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing is the first in the world to put the HAL model S-5301 human patient simulator to use.

For now, they are still trying to figure out exactly what that use will look like in terms of how students can get the most benefit out of the new technology’s features.