Reimagining Medical Education in the Age of AI

Available medical knowledge exceeds the organizing capacity of the human mind, yet medical education remains based on information acquisition and application. Complicating this information overload crisis among learners is the fact that physicians' skill sets now must include collaborating with...

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Published in:AMA journal of ethics 2019-02, Vol.21 (2), p.E146-152
Main Authors: Wartman, Steven A, Combs, C Donald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Artificial Intelligence
Curriculum
Education, Medical - organization & administration
Female
Health Information Management - methods
Health Personnel - education
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
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Summary:Available medical knowledge exceeds the organizing capacity of the human mind, yet medical education remains based on information acquisition and application. Complicating this information overload crisis among learners is the fact that physicians' skill sets now must include collaborating with and managing artificial intelligence (AI) applications that aggregate big data, generate diagnostic and treatment recommendations, and assign confidence ratings to those recommendations. Thus, an overhaul of medical school curricula is due and should focus on knowledge management (rather than information acquisition), effective use of AI, improved communication, and empathy cultivation.
ISSN:2376-6980
2376-6980
DOI:10.1001/amajethics.2019.146