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Pathology Education in the Age of Copilots

While generative AI tools erode the need for memorization, might they be teaching students to ask better questions?

By Ioulia Chatzistamou 02/19/2026 Learning 5 min read

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Clinical Professor, Academic Pathologist; Director, Master’s Program, Health Professional Sciences Concentration, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA

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