Amitkumar Chougule
Dr Amitkumar Chougule is a Specialist Registrar in Psychiatry, currently working with the Older People’s Liaison Psychiatry team at Cambridge University Hospitals. He is pursuing higher training in Psychiatry within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Dr Chougule completed his MBBS at Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, India, in 2011, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychological Medicine from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University. He then earned his MD in Psychiatry from Christian Medical College, Vellore, where he was awarded the A.S. Johnson Memorial Gold Medal in Schizophrenia.
In 2019, Dr Chougule relocated to the UK to undertake an International Training Fellowship in Psychiatry, sponsored by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. He became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) in 2021 before beginning his higher training in Cambridge. In 2024, he completed a Postgraduate Certifcate in Medical and Healthcare Education from Anglia Ruskin University, UK.
Experience in Digital Health and AI:
Dr Chougule’s work and interests lie at the intersection of AI and medical education. He has a solid background in digital health and artifcial intelligence (AI). He completed the AI in Healthcare Specialisation from Stanford University and holds an Advanced Certifcation in AI in Medicine from the American Board of AI in Medicine. In 2023, he furthered his expertise with the "Low-Code Data Scientist: Low-Code AI Apps Including LLMs and ChatGPT" course at Oxford University. To deepen his understanding of generative AI in education, he also completed the "Generative AI in Higher Education" course at King’s College London.
Currently, Dr Chougule serves as the Trainee Lead for the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) Data and Digital Literacy Task Force, where he is committed to enhancing data and AI literacy among clinicians. As an NHS England Digital Health and Entrepreneurship Fellow for the East of England, he developed a teaching module on the application of generative AI in medical education, specifcally tailored for medical educators.
Dr Chougule has co-authored a policy on the use of software in clinical settings for his NHS Trust and played a pivotal role in the procurement and deployment of the Trust’s Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration (EPMA) system and the Digital Health Apps Library.
He is a sought-after speaker and has conducted numerous teaching sessions and workshops on Generative AI, Prompt engineering, AI literacy, including at the RCPsych Annual Conference, NHS England (NHSE) faculty meetings, and NHS Continuing Professional Development events. His audiences have ranged from trainee doctors and allied health professionals to senior medical education leaders in the NHS.
Vision:
Dr Chougule is passionate about leveraging AI to democratise access to high-quality medical education. He is pioneering the development of AI copilots designed to function as on-demand teaching assistants, empowering trainee doctors with immediate, high-quality educational support. He advocates for a low-code approach to building AI skills among clinicians and is focused on creating a framework for teaching AI skills that aligns with NHS AI literacy competencies.