My Research
🤖 My academic research focuses primarily on the impact of generative AI on medical education, with broader interests in technology-enhanced learning and digital assessment. This includes the adoption, use, and safety of emerging technologies by both students and faculty, and the pedagogical, ethical, and practical implications of AI integration in teaching and learning.
O'Malley A, Veenhuizen M, Ahmed A (2025) Ensuring Appropriate Representation in Artificial Intelligence–Generated Medical Imagery: Protocol for a Methodological Approach to Address Skin Tone Bias. JMIR AI 2024;3:e58275 doi: 10.2196/58275
Ahmed, A., Kerr, E. & O’Malley, A. Quality assurance and validity of AI-generated single best answer questions. BMC Med Educ 25, 300 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06881-w
M'gadzah S, O'Malley A (2025) Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy of Ophthalmological Conditions With Complex Prompts in GPT-4: Comparative Analysis of Global and Low- and Middle-Income Country (LMIC)–Specific Pathologies. JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e64986 Doi: 10.2196/64986
🏴 I am also Deputy Director of the Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM) programme and maintain an active interest in evaluating our educational model. In particular, I am interested in how ScotGEM supports workforce development in remote and rural communities, and how medical education can respond to regional healthcare needs.
Graham F, Dowell J, Flynn A, Gupta S, MacFarlane AD, O’Malley A, Scully R, Sullivan FM, Thompson LSJ and Alexander K (2025) Development and innovation in a new distributed medical programme: Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine (ScotGEM). Front. Med. 12:1586851. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1586851
📞 More broadly, I am also engaged in work exploring the role of technology and telehealth in rural healthcare delivery, with a continuing focus on equitable access and sustainable models of care.
Wetzlmair-Kephart L-C, O’Malley A, O’Carroll V (2025) Medical students’ and educators’ opinions of teleconsultation in practice and undergraduate education: A UK-based mixed-methods study. PLoS ONE 20(3): e0302088.
Wetzlmair L-C, O'Carroll V, O'Malley AS, Murray S. Teleconsultation in health and social care professions education: A systematic review. Clin Teach. 2022; 19(5):e13519.