Introducing Bricks with TAI: A Faster, Framework-Driven Way to Build Curriculum
Every medical educator knows the challenge: you have expertise to share, students eager to learn, and never enough time to create the high-quality, interactive educational content your curriculum deserves. Bricks with TAI (Teaching with Artificial Intelligence) accelerates your curriculum development process while maintaining the educational quality and personal touch that makes your teaching effective.
What Makes TAI Different?
TAI isn’t another general-purpose AI tool that generates content without context or accountability. It’s purpose-built for medical education, incorporating established instructional design frameworks like the Kern 6-Step Process and ADDIE methodology. TAI lives inside Bricks Create, so your existing workflows remain unchanged. Most importantly, educators remain in the lead throughout the entire process.
Unlike platforms where anyone can generate educational content without oversight, TAI ensures that every brick has an identifiable educator taking responsibility for its quality and accuracy. Your name is on the content you create with TAI’s assistance, and you maintain complete control over the educational outcomes.
How TAI Works: A Structured Approach to Curriculum Development
TAI functions like having a team of specialized instructional designers working alongside you. The platform guides you through a five-step process:
Step 1: Define Your Vision
Start by describing what you want to create. Upload your source materials, whether it’s a PowerPoint presentation, research article, or lecture notes. Tell TAI about your specific needs: “I need a 30-minute presentation on wellbeing for Canadian healthcare workers” or “Create a brick about clinical reasoning for shortness of breath.”
Step 2: Refine Learning Objectives
TAI analyzes your materials and suggests learning objectives aligned with Bloom’s taxonomy (typically levels 1-3). You can edit, modify, add, or delete these objectives to match your specific educational goals. Looking for more Canadian examples? Want to emphasize particular clinical scenarios? Just tell TAI what you need.
Step 3: Build Your Content Outline
TAI creates a comprehensive outline with multiple sections and embedded formative assessments. You can move sections around, directly edit content, and request specific modifications. The platform responds to natural language requests like “add more physiology examples” or “create a stressed-out health professional persona.”
Step 4: Generate Your Brick
TAI develops complete brick content—up to 4,000 words—based on your specifications. The platform drafts engaging, interactive content that aligns with your learning objectives and incorporates your requested modifications.
Step 5: Optimize and Collaborate
Review your brick at both macro and micro levels. You can regenerate entire sections, make targeted edits to specific parts, or fine-tune individual elements. Once you’re satisfied, you can move it into Bricks Create and invite co-authors to collaborate, then move through the same peer review process used for all ScholarRx content.
Real-World Example: Faculty Development
Consider this scenario: Canadian medical schools need to address healthcare worker wellbeing. Using TAI, an educator can:
- Upload existing presentation materials about wellness
- Specify the need for Canadian-specific examples and French language capability
- Request a 20-minute interactive learning experience
- Include case studies featuring stressed healthcare professionals
- Generate culturally appropriate content that addresses local healthcare challenges
The result? A comprehensive, engaging educational resource created in a fraction of the time while maintaining educational rigor.
Addressing Common Concerns
Will AI replace my expertise? No. TAI amplifies your expertise rather than replacing it. You provide the vision, context, and educational goals. TAI handles the time-intensive tasks of content structuring, initial drafting, and formatting, allowing you to focus on what you do best: teaching and mentoring.
How do I know the content is accurate? Every TAI-generated brick goes through the same rigorous peer review process as traditionally created content. You review and approve all content before publication. TAI provides transparency about its involvement and maintains data privacy protocols throughout the process.
Can TAI work with my existing materials? Yes. TAI can transform various source materials—PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, lecture transcripts, or even rough notes—into structured, interactive educational content. It’s designed to revitalize existing resources and help you transition toward active learning approaches.
Getting Started with TAI
TAI is currently available in open beta for institutional partners. To access it:
- Enable beta features: Toggle the beta option in your account settings
- Launch TAI: Click the TAI icon in your brick development environment
- Start creating: Upload your materials and begin the guided process
The platform supports multiple languages and can create content tailored to specific cultural contexts, making it ideal for the global curricular ecosystem supported by the Rx Brick Exchange.
Ready to Transform Your Curriculum Development?
Bricks with TAI isn’t about replacing the art of teaching. It’s about giving you the tools to practice that art more effectively. Whether you’re developing new content, revitalizing existing materials, or creating resources for faculty development, TAI can help you achieve your educational goals more efficiently.
The future of medical education lies not in choosing between human expertise and artificial intelligence, but in thoughtfully combining both to create learning experiences that are more engaging, more accessible, and more effective than either could achieve alone.
Quality Assurance and Transparency
Every TAI-generated brick maintains full transparency about AI involvement. This transparency, combined with peer review, ensures that AI enhancement doesn’t compromise educational integrity.
TAI also maintains strict data privacy protocols, ensuring that your educational materials and student information remain secure throughout the development process.
The Future of Medical Education
By handling routine instructional design tasks, TAI frees educators to focus on innovation, mentorship, and the human connections that make learning meaningful.
Early adopters are already seeing results. Several schools have published TAI-assisted bricks, and feedback indicates that educators appreciate both the time savings and the enhanced quality of their educational content.
Ready to get started? Log into your ScholarRx account, enable beta features, and discover how TAI can transform your approach to curriculum development. Both your students and your schedule will benefit.