[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":470},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-ar-in-medical-education":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":194,"relatedBooks":379},{"id":5,"date":6,"date_gmt":7,"guid":8,"modified":10,"modified_gmt":11,"slug":12,"status":13,"type":14,"link":15,"title":16,"content":18,"excerpt":21,"author":23,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":25,"ping_status":25,"sticky":26,"template":27,"format":28,"meta":29,"categories":30,"tags":41,"project_category":50,"contact_email_category":55,"yst_prominent_words":56,"class_list":69,"better_featured_image":98,"acf":130,"yoast_meta":139,"_links":141},33247,"2021-03-09T10:00:00","2021-03-09T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=33247&_wpnonce=242ee0ca72&status=auto-draft&type=post","2021-03-09T14:07:25","2021-03-09T13:07:25","ar-in-medical-education","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Far-in-medical-education",{"rendered":17},"Alternate Realities Help Medical Education And Training During COVID-19",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>With the need to limit physical contact amidst the pandemic, the whole world turned to virtual solutions to reprise their daily activities. Zoom and Slack became the new workplace; and even medical consultations were increasingly \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcovid-19-was-needed-for-telemedicine-to-finally-go-mainstream\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">conducted online\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, by turning indoors, aspiring healthcare professionals were negatively impacted since hands-on practices and training were limited, if not impossible. In Scotland, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.timeshighereducation.com\u002Fnews\u002Fscottish-dental-students-forced-covid-repeat-year\" target=\"_blank\">dental students\u003C\u002Fa> had to repeat a whole year due to insufficient clinical exposure. In particular, they could not practise aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) enough. The latter were limited due to their potential to facilitate COVID-19’s spread with airborne droplets created. AGPs are part of a significant portion of dental treatments and without enough practice with those procedures, dental students can’t graduate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But it’s not only dental students who have been impacted in this way. In Taiwan, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbmcmededuc.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12909-020-02267-2\" target=\"_blank\">a study\u003C\u002Fa> showed that those in emergency medicine residency training programs saw fewer patients per hour than during pre-pandemic times. This decrease in patient volume subsequently leads to reduced clinical practice for the trainees. Since a physician’s expertise relies on exposure to vast amounts of patient cases, having less physical experience might affect their performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So how about taking a page from the “new normal” and replacing that missing physical training with a virtual one? A recent \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F33421972\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">independent study\u003C\u002Fa> even found promising results when orthopaedics trainees used mixed reality (MR) simulators from VirtaMed to practise. They were 20% faster and caused 30% less \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.virtamed.com\u002Fen\u002Fnews\u002Fmedical-training-confidently-moves-beyond-cadavers\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">cartilage damage\u003C\u002Fa> than those who trained on cadavers. To what extent could such alternatives really benefit medical training and education in times of a pandemic? Would these prevent students from having to repeat a year altogether?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>To contemplate these questions and guide us in these new realities, we sought the insight of Raimundo Sierra, CEO and Founder of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.virtamed.com\u002Fen\u002Fabout-us\u002Fteam\u002Fraimundo-sierra\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">VirtaMed\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>COVID-19’s impact on medical education and training\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Being forced to repeat a year must be tough for the students themselves who, after years of rigorous studies, saw their graduation deferred. But, according to Health Secretary Jeane Freeman, it might be for the best for their professional development. “\u003Cem>It is about giving dental students the experience that has been denied them this year because of the pandemic\u003C\u002Fem>,” Freeman \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fnews\u002Fuk-scotland-56040870\" target=\"_blank\">told the BBC\u003C\u002Fa>. “\u003Cem>We need to ensure that people studying dentistry can enter the profession as confident fully-qualified clinicians\u003C\u002Fem>.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, there are two sides of the story. Those dental students are \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thetimes.co.uk\u002Farticle\u002Fcoronavirus-in-scotland-dental-students-condemn-repeating-year-as-negligent-kghfjw8fk\" target=\"_blank\">condemning this decision\u003C\u002Fa>, highlighting that it has led to “insurmountable” financial and mental stress. They are unfairly disadvantaged as AGPs are commonplace in dentistry but not so much in other areas of healthcare. Indeed, a review paper \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpmc\u002Farticles\u002FPMC7659986\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">published in the journal \u003Cem>Surgeon\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> concluded that digital tools helped medical students and residents build “virtual bridges” with their teachers and supervisors. Case Western University, whose \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F5-ways-medical-vr-is-changing-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">students regularly use\u003C\u002Fa> the HoloLens MR headset for its anatomy practices, went the extra mile during the pandemic. It \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmspoweruser.com\u002Fcase-western-reserve-university-distributes-nearly-two-hundred-hololens-2-headsets-to-1st-year-students\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">equipped its 185 first-year medical students\u003C\u002Fa> with the $3500 device for remote practices. In a survey, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.newswise.com\u002Farticles\u002Fglobal-first-in-mixed-reality-education-during-covid-19-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">over 80% of those students\u003C\u002Fa> found that their all-remote anatomy lessons  were comparable to or better than in-person sessions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fvirtual-reality-events-768x432.png\" alt=\"digital health events\" class=\"wp-image-16841\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fvirtual-reality-events-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fvirtual-reality-events-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fvirtual-reality-events-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fvirtual-reality-events-444x250.png 444w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002Fvirtual-reality-events.png 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>We know that pilots have to make up for the lack of flying time during the COVID pandemic partially by using simulators; and indeed we know that many hospitals have been able to continue simulator training during this time,\u003C\u002Fem>” Raimundo Sierra told The Medical Futurist. “\u003Cem>Simulation training has strengths in some areas of a curriculum; and can provide objective feedback to demonstrate if skills are being improved, maintained, or degrading due to lack of use.\u003C\u002Fem>” \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>So, could such simulators help fill in the lack of practice for medical and dental students?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>How virtual solutions can help\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2019, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u002F2019\u002F10\u002Fresearch-how-virtual-reality-can-help-train-surgeons\" target=\"_blank\">a Harvard Business Review study\u003C\u002Fa> analysed the performance of virtual reality (VR)-trained surgeons. They showed a 230% boost in their overall performance when compared to traditionally-trained surgeons. They were also faster and more accurate in performing surgical procedures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The recent study that used VirtaMed’s simulator also indicated better performance among those who used it. Their simulator involves a form of mixed reality experience rather than a VR one. It combines virtual computer models visible on a screen with haptic interfaces. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VirtaMed ArthroS™ Simulators: the Knee, Shoulder, Hip, Ankle, and FAST modules\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FBhyQu-c7ctg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“\u003Cem>When performing minimally invasive surgery, the surgeon typically looks at a screen; with the patient in front of them and endoscopic cameras and instruments in their hands,\u003C\u002Fem>” VirtaMed’s CEO explains. “\u003Cem>This is exactly the setup that VirtaMed recreates; we combine virtual reality graphics with a replica silicone anatomy and surgical instruments that are packed with sensors to work with our 3D models. For a surgeon this has the same sense of tactile\u002Fhaptic immersion; combined with the visual immersion on the screen as they would have in the OR.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Raimundo Sierra tells us that over 1\u002F3 of U.S. orthopedics programs use VirtaMed arthroscopy simulator. Similarly, 8 500 dental students around the world use Image Navigation’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fimage-navigation.com\u002Fhome-page\u002Fdentsim\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">DentSim Simulator\u003C\u002Fa>. It pairs virtual images with a mannequin on which students perform procedures while receiving immediate feedback as it tracks their movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Being trackable and recorded, such simulators provide objective metrics otherwise unobtainable via traditional methods. This enables trainees to better analyse their performance and thereby focus on where they need to improve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A replacement for traditional methods?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The pandemic severely constrained traditional training methods. Raimundo Sierra even highlights that many countries suspended cadaver training due to the risk of infection. “\u003Cem>The primary takeaway is to acknowledge that mixed reality simulation is a comparable alternative to these traditional methods,\u003C\u002Fem>” Sierra adds. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But he is quick to stress an important point. “\u003Cem>This does not mean that training with cadavers or supervised clinical training is redundant! Far from it!” \u003C\u002Fem>VirtaMed’s founder exclaims.\u003Cem> “Rather, this highlights that there is another viable solution on the journey towards the operating room.\u003C\u002Fem>”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-768x432.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30911\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F11\u002Faugmented-reality-in-dentistry-with-logo.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Given the promising, research-backed results of simulators for training, we asked Sierra whether such simulators could help supplement the lack of experience which forced dental students in Scotland to repeat a year. In his reply, VirtaMed’s CEO had a more down-to-earth take. “\u003Cem>If graduation is the step towards independent practice in the OR, then students will still need some experience with the additional cognitive load of a real patient in the operating room\u003C\u002Fem>,” he told us. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As such, even though virtual training methods were shown to be as – if not more – effective as gold standard methods, they are not training solutions but rather tools. They might not be sufficient to help students graduate during a pandemic, but could help them fine-tune their skills until they can interact with live patients again. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Bertalan Mesko, PhD, the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, launched The Medical Futurist to help individuals, companies, and governments understand how digital health technologies bring healthcare into the 21st century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u003Cem>“Digital health technologies empower patients to become proactive in their life; empower medical professionals to do their job being supported by advanced technologies, and companies and policymakers to make better decisions about their future.” – Dr. Bertalan Meskó\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To support this transformation, Dr. Meskó and The Medical Futurist team is working relentlessly analyzing the latest trends in digital health and bringing insights to the 800,000+ readers and followers of our publications, along these principles:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #e71d3299;\">\u003Cstrong>The Medical Futurist is a place to learn, not a place for advertising\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>. 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Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\n\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>With the need to limit physical contact amidst the pandemic, the whole world turned to virtual solutions to reprise their daily activities. 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We saw it coming over the past years, and as easy-to-use tools, such as \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fprompt-engineering-11-tips-to-craft-great-chatgpt-prompts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ChatGPT\u003C\u002Fa> and Midjourney arrived, that initial wave \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fa-year-in-ai-the-most-important-milestones-for-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grew into a tsunami\u003C\u002Fa>. But would this mean that medical professionals are not needed anymore? Of course not. \u003Cstrong>Here are five fundamental reasons why AI won’t replace doctors – and it never will.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can AI replace doctors? - The Medical Futurist #shorts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FeWu5BRqq-h8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003C\u002Fdiv>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medical community should not fall for the fearmongering around AI. Despite the wide-scale automatisation and digitalisation, humans will always be needed for specific tasks and, according to \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.weforum.org\u002Fagenda\u002F2021\u002F02\u002Frobots-artificial-intelligence-japan\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">some studies\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the use of robots and AI could even lead to expanded employment and increased wages. But the fear of technology is there, from artificial intelligence taking the place of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fai.nejm.org\u002Fdoi\u002Ffull\u002F10.1056\u002FAIdbp2300192\" target=\"_blank\">doctors in various specialties\u003C\u002Fa>, and \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmedical-robots\" target=\"_blank\">robots\u003C\u002Fa> surpassing surgeons’ skills\u003C\u002Fspan> \u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to taking jobs \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.forbes.com\u002Fsites\u002Fbernardmarr\u002F2016\u002F04\u002F25\u002Fsurprisingly-these-10-professional-jobs-are-under-threat-from-big-data\u002F#322bade7426b\" target=\"_blank\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in pharma\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to a quote that has now become a classic, “\u003Cem>AI will be bigger than all other tech revolutions, and robots are likely to replace 50 percent of all jobs in the next decade,\u003C\u002Fem>” as venture capitalist Kai-Fu Lee \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cnbc.com\u002F2017\u002F04\u002F27\u002Fkai-fu-lee-robots-will-replace-half-of-all-jobs.html\" target=\"_blank\">told CNBC\u003C\u002Fa> a while ago. Although we still have 3 years from the predicted decade, it is unlikely that a change of such magnitude is going to happen in this timeframe. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.wired.co.uk\u002Farticle\u002Fdoctors-replaced-with-machines\" target=\"_blank\">said\u003C\u002Fa> that \u003Cem>“machines will substitute 80 percent of doctors in the future in a healthcare scene driven by entrepreneurs, not medical professionals\u003C\u002Fem>.” Prof Geoffrey Hinton, the godfather of neural networks, once \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftowardsdatascience.com\u002Fwhy-ai-will-not-replace-radiologists-c7736f2c7d80\" target=\"_blank\">said that\u003C\u002Fa> it’s \u003Cem>“quite obvious that we should stop training radiologists”\u003C\u002Fem> as image perception algorithms are very soon going to be demonstrably better than humans. Radiologists are, he said, “\u003Cem>the coyote already over the edge of the cliff which hasn’t yet looked down.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I don’t think so.\u003C\u002Fh5>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Artificial intelligence-based solutions will eliminate the need for human labour and will replace human resources in medical jobs that people didn’t like anyway. \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-evolution-of-clinical-documentation-from-paper-to-ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">Administration\u003C\u002Fa>. Or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwhat-is-medical-coding-automation-and-its-potentials-in-healthcare\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">medical coding\u003C\u002Fa>. And \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Femag.medicalexpo.com\u002Fdisinfection-robots-against-covid-19\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">disinfecting\u003C\u002Fa> hospital spaces. Offering \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fedition.cnn.com\u002F2020\u002F11\u002F11\u002Ftech\u002Frobots-india-covid-spc-intl\u002Findex.html\" target=\"_blank\">telehealth solutions\u003C\u002Fa>. And smart algorithms are also there to supplement professionals’ tasks in many fields, like diagnostics, image analysis and decision support, hospital resource or clinical workflow optimisation, forecasting, drug discovery and precision medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Healthcare will need humans in the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Don’t get me wrong, AI will be visibly present in healthcare in the next 10-15 years. We already see good examples, like the sepsis watch algorithm that cut sepsis mortality rates \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wsj.com\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-hospitals-are-using-ai-to-save-lives-11649610000\" target=\"_blank\">by nearly 30%\u003C\u002Fa>, or \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurekalert.org\u002Fnews-releases\u002F1003963\" target=\"_blank\">skin cancer detection with near-perfect accuracy\u003C\u002Fa> lending a hand to dermatologists, or the algorithm that predicts \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.uni.lu\u002Flcsb-en\u002Fnews\u002Fpredicting-arrhythmia-30-minutes-before-it-happens\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">atrial fibrillation 30 minutes before onset\u003C\u002Fa> allowing time for preemptive intervention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI will transform what it means to be a doctor; some tasks will disappear, while others will be added to the work routine. However, there will never be a situation where the embodiment of automation, either a robot or an algorithm, will take the place of a doctor. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Let me tell you five reasons why.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1)\u003C\u002Fstrong> Empathy cannot be replaced\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Even if the array of technologies offered brilliant solutions, it would be difficult for them to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Falgorithms-robots-mimic-empathy\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mimic empathy\u003C\u002Fa>. Why? Because at the core of compassion, there is the process of building trust: listening to the other person, paying attention to their needs, expressing the feeling of understanding and responding in a manner that the other person knows they were understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-768x432.png\" alt=\"robots in healthcare\" class=\"wp-image-25028\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy-512x288.png 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F08\u002F112_robots_mimicking_empathy.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Robots mimicking empathy\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At present, you would not trust a robot or a smart algorithm with a life-altering decision; maybe not even with a decision of taking a painkiller or not, for that matter. We don’t trust machines in tasks where they are better than humans – like taking \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fwould-you-let-a-robot-take-your-blood-sample\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">blood samples\u003C\u002Fa>.  We need doctors holding our hands while telling us about a life-changing diagnosis, their guidance through therapy, and their overall support. An algorithm cannot replace that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Physicians have a non-linear working method\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>There was \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.housemd-guide.com\u002Fseason1\u002F108poison.php\" target=\"_blank\">an episode\u003C\u002Fa> in House M.D. where the team couldn’t figure out how a young boy could have been poisoned. They considered many options: drugs, food poisoning, pesticide poisoning. For every possible diagnosis, they suggested a different treatment option. Each made the patient worse – until they figured out, by accident, that the boy picked up a phosmet, a type of insecticide from the jeans he bought from a street vendor who kept the trousers in a truck. The boy didn’t wash the pants before wearing them, that’s how his skin could absorb the poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>No algorithm could have made such a diagnosis. Data, measurements, and quantitative analytics are crucial parts of a doctor’s work. It will be even more critical in the future. Setting up a diagnosis and treating a patient are not linear processes. It requires creativity and problem-solving skills that algorithms and robots will never have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-large size-full wp-image-17902\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-768x432.png\" alt=\"A.I. in medicine\" class=\"wp-image-24014\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F05\u002F087_60_things_AI.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Patients and their lifestyles vary to the degree that people differ. Diseases have the same features. Thus, no case is the same; every one of them requires the attention of human physicians. Until the emergence of complex, digital solutions, doctors translated data from simple medical devices into medical decisions. In the future, the task will be the same – they will only use more complicated technologies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Complex digital technologies require competent professionals\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>More and more sophisticated digital health solutions will require qualified medical professionals’ competence, no matter whether it’s about robotics or AI. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cmark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The human brain is so complex and able to oversee such a vast scale of knowledge and data that it is merely not worth developing an AI that takes over this job – the human brain does it so well. It is more worthwhile to program those repetitive, data-based tasks, and leave the complex analysis\u002Fdecision to the person. So we’re not saying it’s not possible; we’re saying it’s far-fetched and not worth it.\u003C\u002Fmark>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png\" alt=\"artificial intelligence and COVID\" class=\"wp-image-27609\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-768x432.png 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-370x208.png 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2020\u002F04\u002FAI-and-COVID-small.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>No robot or algorithm could interpret complex, multi-layered challenges – involving the psyche. While they will provide the data, interpretation will always remain a human territory.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) There will always be tasks algorithms and robots can never complete\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Physicians, nurses, and other medical staff members have plenty of cumbersome, monotonous, and repetitive tasks to complete every day. A \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002Fpubmed\u002F25626223\" target=\"_blank\">study says\u003C\u002Fa> that in the United States, the average doctor spends 8.7 hours per week on administration. Psychiatrists spent the highest proportion of their working hours on paperwork (20.3%), followed by internists (17.3%) and family\u002Fgeneral practitioners (17.3%). These types of tasks and procedures can be automated – and they should be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>However, there are responsibilities and duties which technologies cannot perform. While AI can sift through millions of pages of documents in seconds, it will never be able to do the Heimlich maneuver. There will always be tasks where humans will be faster, more reliable – or cheaper than technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) It has never been tech vs human\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The consistent and constant enemy image building should stop once and for all. It has never been technology versus humans since technological innovations always serve the purpose of helping people. Collaboration between humans and technology is the \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fknowledge.wharton.upenn.edu\u002Farticle\u002Freimagining-work-age-ai\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">ultimate response\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Farxiv.org\u002Fabs\u002F1606.05718\" target=\"_blank\">A study\u003C\u002Fa> for identifying metastatic breast cancer through deep learning shows something similar. When the deep learning system’s predictions were combined with the human pathologist’s diagnoses, the image classification and the tumor localization score increased significantly. Moreover, the human error rate decreased by 85 percent. The findings show that artificial intelligence and humans are the most potent when they cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Chess is a great example. It was believed to meet its demise following Garry Kasparov’s defeat by a supercomputer. However, the opposite has happened. Today, over 600 million people engage in daily chess, and AI has become an indispensable tool for players, enthusiasts, and coaches alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>AI has demonstrably enhanced chess by creating a more competitive, popular, and ultimately, more effective environment. AI has transformative potential in healthcare as well, where its adoption promises similar advancements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Imagine what healthcare could be capable of if the creativity and problem-solving skills of humans were combined with the infinite computing power and cognitive resources of technology. This option is already here. We just need to embrace it.\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If you want to know more about how artificial intelligence is changing healthcare as we speak, get The Medical Futurist’s Guide To Artificial Intelligence In Healthcare \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fleanpub.com\u002FArtificialIntelligenceinHealthcare\" target=\"_blank\">on Leanpub\u003C\u002Fa> now or enroll in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.thinkific.com\u002Fcollections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one of our online courses\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"10px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FFIbMejImnxs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\n\u003Cp>If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you to \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.patreon.com\u002Fthemedicalfuturist\">join The Medical Futurist Patreon Community\u003C\u002Fa>. 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