Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
DOI
10.1001/amajethics.2019.146
Publication Title
AMA Journal of Ethics
Volume
21
Issue
2
Pages
E146-E152
Abstract
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.
Original Publication Citation
Wartman, S. A., & Combs, C. D. (2019). Reimagining medical education in the age of AI. AMA Journal of Ethics, 21(2), E146-E152. doi:10.1001/amajethics.2019.146
Repository Citation
Wartman, Steven A. and Combs, C. Donald, "Reimagining Medical Education in the Age of AI" (2019). Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering Faculty Publications. 25.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/msve_fac_pubs/25
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Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Commons, Health Information Technology Commons, Medical Education Commons, Psychiatric and Mental Health Commons
Comments
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2019.146