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Tools such as knowledge tests, milestone-based competency frameworks, performance-based assessments, and structured feedback checklists offer complementary methods for evaluating knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Innovations in ethics education increasingly leverage artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI for case creation, conversational agents for virtual role-play, and interactive simulations. These tools can expand access, foster individualized learning, and model complex ethical scenarios, but require safeguards against bias, misinformation, and oversimplification. 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