Forbes July 15, 2024
America’s medical schools, with their state-of-the-art facilities and history of groundbreaking clinical advancements, have built a reputation as global leaders in scientific and technological innovation. But does reputation match reality?
In an episode of the Fixing Healthcare podcast recorded in 2023, Deep Medicine author Eric Topol highlighted a significant oversight in medical education.
“It’s pretty embarrassing,” he said. “If you go across 150 medical schools, not one has AI as a core curriculum.”
A year later, most U.S. medical schools have responded by weaving AI into their programs. But look closer and you’ll find that most of the coursework—a mix of theoretical application, ethical consideration and the use of AI to streamline routine tasks: billing, coding, charting—fails to arm future...
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