Twelve tips for addressing ethical concerns in the implementation of artificial intelligence in medical education.

Journal: Medical education online
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Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds immense potential for revolutionizing medical education and healthcare. Despite its proven benefits, the full integration of AI faces hurdles, with ethical concerns standing out as a key obstacle. Thus, educators should be equipped to address the ethical issues that arise and ensure the seamless integration and sustainability of AI-based interventions. This article presents twelve essential tips for addressing the major ethical concerns in the use of AI in medical education. These include emphasizing transparency, addressing bias, validating content, prioritizing data protection, obtaining informed consent, fostering collaboration, training educators, empowering students, regularly monitoring, establishing accountability, adhering to standard guidelines, and forming an ethics committee to address the issues that arise in the implementation of AI. By adhering to these tips, medical educators and other stakeholders can foster a responsible and ethical integration of AI in medical education, ensuring its long-term success and positive impact.

Authors

  • Russell Franco D'Souza
    Department of Education, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Organizational Psychological Medicine, International Institute of Organisational Psychological Medicine, 71 Cleeland Street, Dandenong Victoria, Melbourne 3175, Australia.
  • Mary Mathew
    Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Tiger Circle Road, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka 576104, India.
  • Vedprakash Mishra
    School of Higher Education & Research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (Deemed to be University), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
  • Krishna Mohan Surapaneni
    Department of Biochemistry, Panimalar Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Varadharajapuram, Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600 123 India.