Dr Andrew O'Malley

Senior Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2196

Email

aso2@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Teaching

Andrew is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine.

He is Head of the Education Research Divison and Deputy Programme Director of the Scottish Graduate Entry Medical Programme (ScotGEM).

Andrew is an anatomist and forensic anthropologist by training and teaches on a range of subjects in the School of Medicine, including ScotGEM Case Based Learning eLearning and plenaries, medical ethics and generative artificial intelligence.

Research areas

Andrew's research interests are related to the use of technology in health professions education, including Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL), telehealth and generative artificial intelligence.

Andrew writes a free newsletter about his research and AI in MedEd. 

Selected publications

• An AI-powered patient simulator (SimPatient) for communication skills education – safety-informed design and randomised controlled trial

  O'Malley, A., Duggal, S., Murad, S., Wang, X. & Hughes, A., Aug 2026.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• An update from Scotland: ScotGEM graduates’ career destinations

  O'Malley, A., Alexander, K., MacFarlane, A., Wright, D., Likupe, B., Gupta, S., Dowell, J. & Graham, F., 27 May 2026.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Building and retaining a generalist medical workforce for remote northern communities

  O'Malley, A. & Scully, R., 26 May 2026.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other › peer-review

• Open access

  Generative AI-integrated virtual agents and simulations in health professions education: a systematic review

  Wang, X., O'Malley, A., Hughes, A. & Khalid, M. S., 18 Jun 2026, In: Education Sciences. 16, 6, 21 p., 973.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) prompting: a structured approach to prompt engineering in medical education

  O'Malley, A. & Veenhuizen, M., 27 May 2026, In: Journal of the Academy of Medical Educators. 1, 1, p. 1-6 6 p., 11.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Reflections on confronting a capacity challenge with an AI-powered patient simulator (SimPatient)

  O'Malley, A., Jun 2026, In: Simulation in Healthcare. 21, 3, p. 209-210

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• SimPatient: scalable AI-powered simulated patient encounters

  O'Malley, A., 10 Jun 2026.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Other

• SimPatient: addressing the clinical education capacity crisis through safe and representative AI simulation

  O'Malley, A., 30 Jun 2026.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

• Agents of change: preparing Scotland’s future doctors to lead health system transformation

  Flynn, A., O'Malley, A., Stuart, J., Millar, A., Walmsley, P. & Denvir, L., 23 Oct 2025.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• Assessing GPT-4’s diagnostic accuracy and bias in an ophthalmology educational assistant

  M'gadzah, S. & O'Malley, A., 15 Dec 2025.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

 

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