McKellar AI Lab

Learn AI by working with it.

The McKellar AI Lab is a dedicated professional workspace where you apply AI to the evidence, data, documents and decisions relevant to your field.

It is where learning becomes practice.

Learn it.Apply it.Evaluate it.Lead it.

A workspace, not a chatbot

Built for professional practice.

The AI Lab is not a generic chatbot.

It is a structured environment connected to your certification, with projects, resources, datasets and AI tools designed around your professional domain.

Depending on your pathway, you may work with clinical trial information, public-health evidence, pharmaceutical data, hospital operations or economic analysis.

The technology is AI. The work remains professional.

Clinical Research + AI

You work with clinical trial information.

In every pathway, from White Belt

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Capabilities

Your AI Lab grows with your Belt.

As you progress, you unlock a broader set of AI capabilities.

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14 of 19 capabilities at Yellow BeltWhite — UnderstandYellow — ApplyGreen — Integrate & evaluateBlack — Lead

* Capabilities may vary by certification.

On every step

Each step lists the tools it offers, and what they cost.

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Usage, made simple

AI Credits included with every Belt.

Your Belt determines which tools you can use. Your AI Credits determine how much AI-powered work you can perform.

AI Credits are McKellar's simple usage system.

You do not need to manage tokens, model costs or external AI subscriptions.

You simply see:

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Available

300

Used

Remaining

300

The AI credits card in the Lab: a ring reading 590 of 600, with the line 590 of 600 AI credits left for Green Belt — The credits card on the Lab's AI support page

Different AI activities use different amounts of credit depending on the level of work involved.

Professional judgement

Work with evidence. Question the output.

AI can help you search, analyse, compare, calculate, summarise and explore.

But professional judgement still matters.

Inside the Lab, you are expected to ask:

Is the evidence sufficient?
What assumptions have been made?
What could the AI have missed?
Would I defend this decision professionally?

AI assists. You remain accountable.

Demonstrated capability

More than course completion.

McKellar certifications are designed around demonstrated capability.

You learn the concepts.
You enter the Lab.
You apply AI to professional work.
You evaluate the result.
You progress to more advanced capabilities.

Start in the Lab

Build the capability behind the credential.

Start at White. Build from there.