Ambient AI scribes in general practice: Unlocking efficiency
Format
Other (see below)
Number of participants
Duration
Course overview
- What are ambient AI scribes? How they work and where they fit in primary care
- Overview of available tools: capabilities, integration with EMIS and workflow fit
- Clinical and administrative benefits: reducing documentation burden, improving consultation quality
- Patient consent, confidentiality, and information governance considerations
- Practical implementation: getting started, staff training, and embedding into daily practice
- Clinical safety considerations: accuracy, oversight, and maintaining professional responsibility.
Format
- Demonstration of an ambient AI scribe tool in a simulated consultation
- Case-based discussion: before and after AI scribe use — impact on documentation and time
- Small group exercise: designing a practice-level consent and IG approach
- Q&A panel discussion drawing on real implementation experience.
Learning outcomes
- Understand how ambient AI scribe technology functions within a GP consultation workflow
- Evaluate the potential efficiency gains and risks of implementing AI scribes in practice
- Apply consent and information governance principles to the use of ambient AI tools
- Develop an implementation plan for introducing AI scribes safely in their clinical setting
- Critically assess AI-generated outputs and maintain appropriate clinical oversight.
Who should attend
GPs, GP trainees, practice nurses, physician associates, practice managers, digital transformation leads, primary care network clinical directors.




