Kratko priopćenje
https://doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2020.61.457
The importance of introducing artificial intelligence to the medical curriculum – assessing practitioners’ perspectives
Ivo Dumić-Čule
orcid.org/0000-0002-2005-6402
; Children`s Hospital Srebrnjak, Zagreb, Croatia
Tin Orešković
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Boris Brkljačić
; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirjana Kujundžić Tiljak
; Department of Medical Statistics, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Stjepan Orešković
; University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Sažetak
Aim To assess the attitude about the importance of introducing education on artificial intelligence (AI) in medical
schools’ curricula among physicians whose everyday job is
significantly impacted by AI.
Methods An anonymous questionnaire was distributed at
the national level in Croatia among radiologists and radiology residents practicing in primary, secondary, and tertiary
health care institutions, both in the private and the public
sectors. The overall response rate was 45% (144 of 321).
Results A large majority of participants – 89.6% (95%
Agresti-Coull confidence interval 0.83-0.94) agreed on the
need for education on AI to be included in medical curricula. Answers revealed a very high support across age groups
and regardless of subspecialty area. A slightly higher support was present among physicians working in university hospitals compared with those in primary care centers,
and among radiology residents compared with radiologists – but these estimated differences are uncertain, and
the support levels were clearly high across the considered
variables.
Conclusion Since medical students have previously been
shown to support introducing education on AI, a growing literature argues the same for reasons here reviewed,
and physicians practicing a highly relevant area (radiology)
overwhelmingly agree, we conclude that medical schools
should indeed take steps to keep pace with technological
progress in medicine by including education on AI in their
curricula, be it as part of existing or new courses
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
277997
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.10.2020.
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