Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Students Are Training To Become Physicians of The Future Using Artificial Intelligence and Genomics

FORT WORTH, Texas (May 23, 2023) – Leaders and a medical student from the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University joined TCU Magazine for their ‘TCU Presents: Beyond Medicine’ live chat to discuss emerging science and technology training that sets the medical school apart from others.

Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Founding Dean Stuart D. Flynn, M.D.; Mohanakrishnan Sathyamoorthy, M.D., Professor and Department Chair of Internal Medicine at the School of Medicine along with Sam Sayed, a third-year medical student at the School of Medicine, led the discussion on Tuesday, May 23.

Dean Flynn discussed the idea behind launching a course called, ‘Future Accelerators of Medicine and Beyond’ (FAB) for first-year students when they begin medical school. The students meet four weeks out of the year for intensive sessions that help aspiring doctors both predict advances in science and health care and discover how these advances will influence their careers and care for patients. That includes how technology can be used to improve health outcomes for patients.

“The main point of this is to make them comfortable with change and the change usually means significant advances in knowledge and technology,” Dean Flynn said.

Students also learn about biowearables, the life cycle of drug development, artificial intelligence and more. They also spend a week working in groups creating a test or product to advance screening for a disease of their choice. The students present their ideas on improving patient care to a panel of experts, similar to the hit NBC show Shark Tank.

The panel also discussed new technologies that Burnett School of Medicine students are using like the Microsoft HoloLens® and HoloAnatomy curriculum.

TCU Presents: Beyond Medicine