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October 13, 2025 29 mins
Meet Tyler Bland (go.uidaho.edu/3Vt7q0W), clinical assistant professor in the School of Health and Medical Professions (go.uidaho.edu/4nJgRFM). Medical students struggle to learn and retain the fire hose of information they need to become doctors. Bland explains how he is using ingenuity, imagination and AI to create Pokémon-esque monsters and medically-themed movies to help his students learn. Visit our website go.uidaho.edu/thevandaltheory​. Email us at vandaltheory@uidaho.edu. Learn about Idaho’s premier research university, University of Idaho, at uidaho.edu. Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5). “Reach” by Sam Cardon (go.uidaho.edu/46LpVUE) via Amphibious Zoo. Chapters (0:00) Have you used mnemnic devices (2:36) Getting to know Tyler Bland (3:43) Medical education challenges (7:42) Introducing Medimon (13:01) Medimon video games (15:45) Case studies become AI movies with Hollywood stars (17:45) Shattered Slippers with Selena Gomez (21:48) Malaria through Alien (25:28) Are the students learning better? (28:34) Final thoughts
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