EP12 Dong Yao, MD and Shivam Vedak, MD Stanford (Part 1)

In Episode 12 of the STAT AI Podcast, Dr. DJ Apakama and Dr. Ethan Abbott welcome Stanford emergency physicians Dr. Dong Yao and Dr. Shivam Vedak for a wide-ranging conversation about how prompt engineering is shaping the next generation of AI in healthcare. As frontline physicians and researchers, Drs. Yao and Vedak share how carefully crafted prompts — not just powerful models — are critical to deploying AI safely and effectively at the bedside.

Together, they explore real-world challenges in developing clinical decision support tools, the art and science behind creating prompts that clinicians can trust, and how prompt engineering may ultimately redefine workflows in emergency medicine and beyond.

Tune in to hear why thoughtful prompt design is becoming as essential as the algorithms themselves.