Clinical Prompt Engineering for Physicians
Learn to leverage AI for better clinical documentation through interactive exercises with real-time feedback
Your Learning Journey
This course teaches you how to effectively use AI for clinical documentation. Through hands-on exercises with hypothetical patient scenarios, you’ll practice writing prompts and refine your skills using self-evaluation and example solutions.
What Makes This Course Unique
- Hands-On Practice: Write real prompts, see real outputs, get real feedback
- Self-Paced Learning: Compare your work with expert examples
- Clinical Focus: All exercises use realistic medical scenarios
- Local: Everything runs in your browser
- Iterative Learning: Practice until you master each concept
- Modular Design: Progress at your own pace
Course Modules
Module 1
AI Concepts & Terminology
Start here! Learn how LLMs "think", what a prompt actually is, and master the basics with simple non-medical examples.
Start Module 1Module 2
Structure & Specificity
Apply the basics to medicine. Learn to build solid SOAP notes, control formatting, and use templates effectively.
Start Module 2Module 3
The Art of Refinement
Learn to be a "Human in the Loop". Practice fixing bad notes, shortening verbose outputs, and correcting hallucinations.
Start Module 3Module 4
Advanced Applications
Tackle complex multi-system patients, detailed procedure notes, and diagnostic reasoning.
Start Module 4How the Course Works
1. Learn the Concept
Each module starts with instructional content explaining key principles of prompt engineering for clinical use.
2. See the Example
You’ll be given a realistic clinical scenario (de-identified patient transcript).
3. Write Your Prompt
Practice writing prompts in an interactive editor with helpful hints.
4. Run & Review
See the AI-generated output from your prompt in real-time.
5. Get Feedback
Our LLM evaluation system analyzes your work and provides:
- Strengths of your approach
- Specific improvements to make
- Scores based on clinical documentation best practices
- Actionable examples
6. Iterate & Master
Refine your prompts based on feedback and practice until you achieve mastery.
Course Progress
Your progress is automatically saved in your browser. You can return anytime and pick up where you left off.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Write prompts for AI to generate clinical documentation
- Use feedback to improve your prompts
- Use best practices to ensure high quality output
- Use modular prompt architecture to handle complex cases
Inherent Limitations and Ultimate Aim
The goal of this course is to make using large language models more accessible. As you start to work through the exercises you may find yourself wanting to jump ahead and start working on actual prompts in your EMR or with one of the more powerful state of the art models. Go for it! The LLM on this website is inherently limited since it is a small model which is what enables us to offer it to you locally on your own machine and for free. Once you get more comfortable go ahead and try it out with a more powerful model-it will be even better!
Ready to Start?
Begin with Module 1 to learn the fundamentals of AI-assisted clinical documentation.
Technical Requirements
- Modern web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge)
- WebGPU support for AI model (most modern browsers)
- ~2GB free RAM for optimal performance
- Internet connection for initial model download (then works offline)