Currently the Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot has be been developed to work with students on their USMLE Step 1 and/or COMLEX Level 1 test preparation. The available cases in the tutoring mode tuned to those exams.  However, there is significant content overlap with Step 2/Level 2 material.  In the ‘Chat with AI’ mode, the system can answer questions similar to other AI systems such as ChatGPT, and can therefore handle questions beyond the scope of Step 1. Upcoming versions of the AI Tutor Co-Pilot cover other high stakes medical exams.

Yes!  The Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot has 2 general modes—an AI Tutor Mode and a Chat with AI Mode.  Via these modes, students or educators can upload images, slides, PPT slides, PDFs of text and/or images.  The AI will automatically interpret this content and offer to tutor the student via a related Challenge Case or provide a short answer within the scope of medical school education content.

Yes!  Students can directly ask questions of the AI.  The Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot has two general modes: AI Tutor Mode and Chat with AI Mode.  In the AI Tutor Mode, the AI chat pane functions as chat box window where the AI will ask the student questions in order to cover the key learning points in a Socratic style. In this mode, the student can also ask the AI any questions that come to mind.  Like any good tutor, the AI Tutor Mode will handle any and all questions from a student.  In the Chat with AI Mode, the student has an open chat window where they can ask a text based question or upload content (images, PPT, PDF, etc). The AI will provide a concise answer, but also offer to teach the student about that content within the context of the Challenge Cases.

The Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot primarily relies on heavily vetted Challenge Case Questions that have been developed and used over that last decade by hundreds of expert tutors and thousands of students at Elite Medical Prep. The Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot is trained in a way that it develops a logic algorithm that it uses to evaluate the correctness of student responses and the students’ understanding. These logic algorithms are reviewed by senior EMP tutors to confirm that AI correctly ‘understands’ the material in the Challenge Cases. Additional outside content is derived from specialized AI Large Language Models (LLMs) that focus on medical terminology and content.  This is also vetted against the Challenge Case content and logic algorithms.  Thus, the Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot has multiple layers of verification to ensure that all content is correct and accurate.

Challenge Cases are multi-part integrated special question sets designed specifically for tutoring and similar to expert EMP tutors, the AI Tutor Co-Pilot has been trained to use them effectively. These proprietary question sets focus not just on the primary topic of the initial question, but also have a series of inter-linking questions that help the student make connections between topics, specifically in the style that USMLE and COMLEX like to use.

EMP’s Challenge Cases cover all of the core content tested on the USMLE and COMLEX.  The content coverage has been carefully mapped to ensure that it covers nearly all the material listed on the USMLE content outline.

Over the past decade Elite Medical Prep has developed hundreds of multi-part Challenge Cases. These proprietary questions are also used by our USMLE tutors and in our institutional board review courses. They are specifically designed to identify weaknesses and help drive improvements from one’s current board performance level.

Student privacy is extremely important to our team. To that end, all user data anonymized and protected by data secrecy standards that meet or exceed HIPAA requirements. Data privacy standards are incorporated in the fundamental structure of the AI platform.  MILRD, our AI development partner, has incorporated these features into their work with companies and educational institutions throughout the healthcare and biotechnology fields.

The Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot is designed to work in collaboration with an experience medical tutor.  To that end, all pricing for the AI Tutor Co-Pilot depends on the number of associated tutor hours.  Additionally, if customized performance reporting and/or customized dashboards are requested, then additional customization or development fees may be requested. We encourage interested students, faculty and administrators to set up a time to speak with our team about a plan that meets your educational needs.

The Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot has been designed to work as a collaborative tool under the expert supervision of a senior tutor at Elite Medical Prep.  Although the system largely functions independently, its assessment features are designed to have a smooth handoff between the AI Tutor and human tutor.  Senior EMP tutors that manage the AI Tutor Co-Pilot for their students are key part of the educational process.  They provide the highest level of educational instruction and guidance in a way that AI-based technology cannot currently match.

ChatGPT and other publicly available AI engines are designed to answer questions from a multitude of users with varying education backgrounds and needs.  These systems provide a direct answer to a question, comment or request. Often these answers can be out of context or have the wrong scope or level of detail needed by users who are medical students.

Conversely, the Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot has been specifically developed to tutor students on key medical education concepts using a question-based Socratic style.  The AI development team worked closely with senior EMP tutors to train and constrain the underlying AI models so that it delivers an interactive and question based teaching style to the student.  This key teaching style–the ‘secret sauce’ of great tutoring–is unique among AI platforms to the Elite AI Tutor Co-Pilot and involves a complex form of AI specific programming.  We encourage you to reach out to our team so that we can arrange an opportunity for interested students, faculty and educators to try the AI Tutor Co-Pilot and see the differences first hand.