Politico October 17, 2024
FORWARD THINKING
Harvard Medical School is bringing artificial intelligence into its curriculum.
For the first time this fall, students starting a health science and technology track will take a one-month introductory course on AI in health care.
Those students, who often study to become physician-engineers or physician-scientists, will consider the uses of AI and examine the technology’s diagnostic limits in medicine.
Tackling the issue from the start of students’ education is unique among medical schools, Dr. Bernard Chang, the school’s dean for medical education, said in an announcement. That approach also alerts students that AI is changing the practice of medicine in significant ways.
In addition to the introductory course, Harvard Medical School announced a new Ph.D. track on AI...
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