Medscape December 3, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already changing healthcare, but data science training for clinicians and medical students is still largely elective. The vast majority of doctors believe that needs to change.
According to a soon-to-be-published Medscape report, AI Adoption in Healthcare, 85% of practicing physicians agreed: The use of AI in medicine will require significant changes in medical education and training.
And experts interviewed for this story concur. Wielding AI-assisted tools well will require a massive educational push in medical school and beyond. To steward this new technology, maintain their clinical judgment, and protect patients, physicians will need more training on how AI is built and the data it feeds on.
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