Faculty Development Needs in AI

The research objectives for this survey were to describe the AI use and development needs by College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) faculty. Survey questions for this survey were combined with AACOM’s biennial faculty well-being survey.

This survey was fielded in the fall and winter of 2025; a similar survey on general faculty development needs and well-being was fielded in the fall of 2023. This survey was taken by willing faculty in the fall of 2025. AACOM distributed this survey through its faculty listservs; faculty at all COMs were included. The survey included four sections: demographics and teaching experience; attitudes towards AI and faculty development needs; questions about faculty wellbeing; and attitudes toward their workplaces. While the technology of AI itself, and therefore faculty development needs and attitudes surrounding AI, are changing rapidly, this report provides both a snapshot of those needs and attitudes among osteopathic faculty in the fall of 2025, as well as a baseline for future planning and discovery.