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Graduate Research Assistant
Dr. Bridges is developing and evaluating an AI-based tool that generates competency-based clinical case studies and provides rubric-based feedback on student responses. This project, funded through the Center for Academic Innovation, will test whether AI can deliver feedback comparable in quality to an experienced instructor. If it works, it could give students rapid, actionable feedback on case studies at scale. Working closely with Dr. Bridges over the 2026–27 academic year, you would:
- Review AI-generated case studies and rate their difficulty, correctness, and clinical relevance
- Help compare cases and feedback generated by different AI models (Claude, OpenAI, UM-GPT)
- Support testing of the automatic grading function against instructor "gold-standard" grading
- Assist with concordance evaluation and iterating on the grading instructions
- Contribute to a pilot Canvas integration
- Employer
- Bridges Lab, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan
- Qualifications
- A current MS or MPH student in Nutritional Sciences, ideally a dietitian-in-training
- Solid grounding in clinical nutrition
- Careful, detail-oriented, and reliable with independent work
- Interest in AI in health professions education is a plus
- Required Skills
- An ability to apply rubrics and clinical judgment consistently to case study responses. Should have strong written communication and attention to detail. Comfort with data or light technical tools (e.g., spreadsheets, and openness to learning a bit of API/coding work) is welcome but not required.
- Responsibilities
- The person will review AI-generated case studies and rate their difficulty, correctness, and clinical relevance. They will help compare cases and feedback generated by different AI models (Claude, OpenAI, UM-GPT). You will support testing of the automatic feedback function against instructor "gold-standard" feedback. Finally, you will assist with evaluation and iterating on the grading instructions
- Employment Type
- Part time
- Base Salary
- $20 per hour
- Location
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Posted , open until .
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To see previous lab members, see the lab alumni list.