[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":442},["ShallowReactive",2],{"slug-can-a-i-tutors-help-train-enough-medical-professionals":3},{"post":4,"relatedPosts":173,"relatedBooks":330},{"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":34,"project_category":40,"contact_email_category":42,"yst_prominent_words":43,"class_list":53,"better_featured_image":69,"acf":108,"yoast_meta":118,"_links":120},40969,"2022-03-24T10:00:00","2022-03-24T09:00:00",{"rendered":9},"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002F?post_id=40969&_wpnonce=47939560d2&status=auto-draft&type=post","2022-03-24T10:31:15","2022-03-24T09:31:15","can-a-i-tutors-help-train-enough-medical-professionals","publish","post","https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fcan-a-i-tutors-help-train-enough-medical-professionals",{"rendered":17},"Can A. I. Tutors Help Train Enough Medical Professionals?",{"rendered":19,"protected":20},"\n\u003Cp>By 2030, the global economy will have led to the creation of \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.euro.who.int\u002Fen\u002Fhealth-topics\u002FHealth-systems\u002Fhealth-workforce\u002Fdata-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">some 40 million new jobs\u003C\u002Fa> in the health sector; mostly in middle- and high-income countries. Paradoxically, \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.euro.who.int\u002Fen\u002Fhealth-topics\u002FHealth-systems\u002Fhealth-workforce\u002Fdata-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">the WHO stresses that\u003C\u002Fa> in parallel, the world will be short of up to 9.9 million physicians, nurses and midwives by that year. Moreover, the availability of healthcare workforce is unequally distributed, with some countries having \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.euro.who.int\u002Fen\u002Fhealth-topics\u002FHealth-systems\u002Fhealth-workforce\u002Fdata-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\">5 times more doctors than others\u003C\u002Fa>; or, in some cases, 9 times as many nurses as others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The imbalances and shortages are predicted to persist in the foreseeable future; with \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.euro.who.int\u002Fen\u002Fhealth-topics\u002FHealth-systems\u002Fhealth-workforce\u002Fdata-and-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the WHO adding that\u003C\u002Fa> even the increase in health workers in the past decade is unlikely to be stable and may not be sufficient to attend to the needs of ageing populations. As such, it is becoming clear that we are not training healthcare practitioners in adequate quantities and not fast enough; leaving the impression that we will live in a world with doctor shortages forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But could new technologies within the realm of digital health be of some assistance to train medical professionals? New developments, especially in the field of artificial intelligence (A.I.), offer such an indication. So let’s contemplate how helpful A.I. can be in training medical professionals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Disrupting the training of medical professionals with new technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the digital health era, technology’s assistance in training medical staff is slowly taking a central stage. Mixed reality simulators \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Far-in-medical-education\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">have been shown\u003C\u002Fa> to be a viable option to train orthopaedics trainees. Similarly, virtual reality (VR)-trained surgeons have shown a \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fhbr.org\u002F2019\u002F10\u002Fresearch-how-virtual-reality-can-help-train-surgeons\" target=\"_blank\">significant boost in their overall performance\u003C\u002Fa> when compared to traditionally-trained surgeons. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A new option has recently shown promise in a recent study: artificial intelligence. A recent \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalxpress.com\u002Fnews\u002F2022-02-artificial-intelligence-outperforms-expert-instructors.html\" target=\"_blank\">cognitive assessment\u003C\u002Fa> led by Dr. Jason Harley from McGill University had 70 medical students perform virtual brain tumour surgery on a simulator. The participants were divided into three groups: one receiving instructions from the Virtual Operative Assistant (VOA), an A.I. tutor to teach safe and efficient surgical techniques and provide personalised feedback; a second group in contact with a remote expert instructor; and a third control group receiving no instruction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-large\">\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>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The researchers found that those trained with the A.I. tutor showed 35% better performance and learned surgical skills 2.6 times faster than those receiving remote instructions from a human tutor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Intelligent tutoring systems can use a variety of simulation platforms to provide almost unlimited chances for repetitive practice without the constraints imposed by the availability of supervision,” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalxpress.com\u002Fnews\u002F2022-02-artificial-intelligence-outperforms-expert-instructors.html\" target=\"_blank\">said Ali Fazlollahi\u003C\u002Fa>, the study’s first author. “With continued research, increased development, and dissemination of intelligent tutoring systems, we can be better prepared for ever-evolving future challenges.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The A.I. tutor in healthcare\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One such recent challenge that Fazlollahi alluded to has been COVID-19. The crisis even led \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Far-in-medical-education\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some dentistry students to repeat a year\u003C\u002Fa> due to insufficient hands-on practice and training. With the importance and advantage of remote solutions and digital technologies highlighted during the pandemic, could A.I. tutors be a plausible solution used to address the shortage of healthcare practitioners?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Medical Futurist Institute \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com\u002Farticles\u002F10.1186\u002Fs12913-018-3359-4#Sec13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously analysed A.I.’s potential role\u003C\u002Fa> in addressing the human resource (HR) crisis in healthcare. The paper concluded that while the technology might not immediately solve this HR issue, it can improve the working environment and conditions of healthcare practitioners. While it’s a relatively new approach, there are already real-life examples of such applications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Founded by a former NHS surgeon, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.virti.com\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virti\u003C\u002Fa> develops \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.virti.com\u002Fvirtual-humans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A.I.-powered virtual patients\u003C\u002Fa> that medical staff and trainees can interact with in interactive scenarios through a phone, desktop or VR headset to hone their soft skills. The software \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.med-technews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-and-vr-in-healthcare\u002Fai-powered-virtual-patient-allows-remote-medical-training\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">relies on\u003C\u002Fa> speech recognition, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ‘narrative branching’ to deliver realistic responses, delivering real-time feedback and cues for the trainee to learn and improve from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter 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=\"Virti - Virtual Humans\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FjjpytfuiQ6o?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>The technology is \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.med-technews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-and-vr-in-healthcare\u002Fai-powered-virtual-patient-allows-remote-medical-training\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put to use\u003C\u002Fa> at the Bristol NHS Foundation Trust to safely train medics and surgeons. The Health Education Center at the University of Texas Medical Branch \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.med-technews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-and-vr-in-healthcare\u002Fai-powered-virtual-patient-allows-remote-medical-training\u002F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also adopted the technology\u003C\u002Fa> to enable students to independently work on their communication and clinical reasoning skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We’ve been working with healthcare organisations for several years, but the pandemic has created really specific challenges that technology is helping to solve,” \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.med-technews.com\u002Fnews\u002Fai-and-vr-in-healthcare\u002Fai-powered-virtual-patient-allows-remote-medical-training\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">said Dr. Alex Young\u003C\u002Fa>, CEO of Virti. “It’s no longer safe or practicable to have 30 medics in a room with an actor, honing their clinical soft-skills. With our virtual patient technology, we’ve created an extremely realistic and repeatable experience that can provide feedback in real-time. This means clinicians and students can continue to learn valuable skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>Tutoring with A.I.’s future potentials\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Using A.I. tutors to train medical students and staff is still a nascent concept, with Virti and its adopters being early examples put in practice. But as the recent McGill University study showed, this approach holds potential in delivering effective training and it’s \u003Ca rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ama-assn.org\u002Fpractice-management\u002Fdigital\u002Fhow-health-care-ai-could-help-train-tomorrow-s-physicians\" target=\"_blank\">generating discourse on the subject\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Artificially intelligent tutors like the VOA may become a valuable tool in the training of the next generation of neurosurgeons,” \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalxpress.com\u002Fnews\u002F2022-02-artificial-intelligence-outperforms-expert-instructors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said Dr. Rolando Del Maestro\u003C\u002Fa>, the study’s senior author. “The VOA significantly improved expertise while fostering an excellent learning environment. Ongoing studies are assessing how in-person instructors and AI-powered intelligent tutors can most effectively be used together to improve the mastery of neurosurgical skills.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>This could lead to more interest in the field to develop more A.I. tutors in other fields of healthcare for different purposes. Such a tutor could, for example, help medical students by summarising information coming from traditional resources and subsequently assess their knowledge. Going further, an A.I.-powered system could derive insights from trainees’ wearables to determine when they are at their peak performance to take an exam or perform surgeries successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the other extreme, such applications could lead to a dystopian scenario where an A.I. system paired with facial recognition technology and cameras constantly monitor students’ behaviour and whether they are displaying signs of learning, aggregating their metrics on a scoreboard in the guise of motivation. Such a scenario \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sixthtone.com\u002Fnews\u002F1003759\u002Fcamera-above-the-classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unfolded in China\u003C\u002Fa> and students overwhelmingly disapproved of such a system. As such, the discourse around A.I. tutors should also include such extremes to ensure the ethical use of such tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nevertheless, we might still be years away before seeing such options on the healthcare market, but A.I. offers the potential to attend to, at least partially, the need to train healthcare professionals in crucial skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",false,{"rendered":22,"protected":20},"\u003Cp>New developments, especially in the field of artificial intelligence make us contemplate how helpful A.I. tutors can be in training medical 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Medical Students Become 21st Century Physicians",{"rendered":186,"protected":20},"\n\u003Ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #eee; border-top: 4px solid #444;\" cellpadding=\"5px\">\n\u003Ctbody>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd style=\"width: 100%;\">\n\u003Cp style=\"color: #555;font-size: 12px;line-height: 14px\">THIS ARTICLE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2017. THE INFORMATION SHARED IN THE ARTICLE WAS ACCURATE AT THE TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION, BUT IT MAY BE OUT OF DATE NOW. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fmagazine\">BROWSE OUR LATEST ARTICLES HERE\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We don’t need no obsolete medical education, sings the average medical student leaning on a fat volume of anatomy. Rightly so, as in the 21st century, students should learn about the human body through virtual reality, should familiarize themselves with digital health, and prepare for the sweeping changes technology brings upon the medical community already in medical school. Let’s reform medical education to nurture 21st-century physicians!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003C!--more-->\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What is the problem with the medical curriculum today?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Five years from now, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-technological-future-of-surgery\u002F\">surgical robots\u003C\u002Fa> will become an average sight in a well-equipped OR, as in the next three years, surgical robotics sales are expected to almost double to $6.4 billion. Five-to-ten years from now, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Fthe-future-of-radiology-and-ai\u002F\">radiology departments in the U.S. will actively harness artificial intelligence\u003C\u002Fa> to treat patients. Five-to-ten years from now, pharmacies in \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmedicalfuturist.com\u002Ffuture-3d-printing-drugs-pharmacies-closer-think\u002F\">hospitals will 3D print personalized drugs\u003C\u002Fa> in specific dosages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yet, when do medical students first meet artificial intelligence, surgical robots or 3D printing? If they are lucky, they’ll go on a field trip to \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Ffortune.com\u002F2017\u002F08\u002F08\u002Fbest-hospitals-america\u002F\">Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital or Cleveland Clinic\u003C\u002Fa>, investing the most in research and next-generation medical technology. Whilst they should be the first to meet new methods and digital innovations in educational institutions supposedly at the forefront of innovation to be able to integrate technology into their medical practice from day zero.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-innovation.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Education\" class=\"wp-image-16806\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-innovation.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-innovation-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-innovation-512x353.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-innovation-363x250.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But that’s not the case. The medical curriculum today does not prepare students for the world they will face when they start practicing medicine. Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>No training in administration\u003C\u002Fstrong>. A big part of a physician’s job is spent with administration which students do not learn in school.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Not teaching essential skills\u003C\u002Fstrong>. The world of technology is changing so fast that instead of teaching them how to use certain technologies, we should give them skills so they can make their own assumptions in the future.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Patients are out of sight\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Curriculums today do not focus on the needs of patients.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Outdated\u003C\u002Fstrong>. In general, the curriculum today is like it was 50 years ago, not much has changed. All the while patients are becoming empowered; the practice of medicine is filled with more and more technologies.\u003C\u002Fli>\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Not encouraging life-long learning\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Disruptive technologies start to replace jobs and nobody, even in medicine, is safe without constantly learning and improving. But how would med schools teach this attitude if they are far behind the latest innovations and are not eager to catch up?\u003C\u002Fli>\u003C\u002Ful>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What should change and how?\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Instead of only burying students in libraries with gazillions of books for memorizing data, they should get a chance to acquire proper digital literacy skills and a general overview of digital health too. These latter two will enable them to get the most out of any healthcare system and to become exceptional physicians since I believe it is not enough today to study medicine and grow into a good doctor based on formal studies and experience gained during residency years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Technology is so much ahead of average practitioners that it’s sometimes painful to see. And problems start when empowered patients bring their wearables’ data to the GP. Oh wait, they have already started it, just look at headlines like \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk\u002Fentry\u002Fpatricia-lauder-fitbit-saved-her-life-by-alerting-doctors-to-blood-clots_uk_58e622f4e4b0917d347760d3\">73-year-old’s Fitbit saved her life by alerting doctors to blood clots in her lungs.\u003C\u002Fa>  What if the doctor couldn’t have dealt with the wearable data? Thus, technology should be an organic part of the medical practice from day one – and it should be reflected by the university curriculums. But that’s not all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitbit-saving-life.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Education\" class=\"wp-image-16809\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitbit-saving-life.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitbit-saving-life-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitbit-saving-life-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitbit-saving-life-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Ffitbit-saving-life-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>The principles of 21st century medical curriculums:\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>1) Working with patients alongside technology from day one\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Med students should be in close proximity to „real patients” from the start of their studies and learn from their experiences. They’ll be able to better empathize with their sufferings and learn their way of thinking, how they are trying to solve their own health troubles with or without technology. They should also familiarize with the latest technologies very early and see how trackers, wearables, and other digital health gadgets change their own lives. Only if they truly now the latest innovations could they later help patients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>2) Design thinking\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although the approach originates from design, it already spilled over to business life – and I hope soon will be commonplace in healthcare. It is the principle of matching user’s needs with what is technologically feasible and a viable business model. If a doctor has an idea how to improve a treatment method, a drug or patient management with the help of technology, they could make improvements by themselves. Moreover, DYI workshops, such as Makerspaces could even help make things possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>3) Understanding digital health technologies and the cultural changes they induce\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is of utmost importance to familiarize students with technologies that will shape their medical practice in the coming years. Artificial intelligence, VR\u002FAR, 3D printing, robotics or cheap genome sequencing will all change how we know medicine today. Moreover, the medical professional’s place in the healthcare system, as well as the whole social structure of medicine, will considerably alter soon, and without preparation, newcomers will be swept away by the waves of change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Education - Digital Health\" class=\"wp-image-16810\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-512x299.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fdigital-health-428x250.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>4) Understanding empowered patients\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They use health sensors, trackers, get advice and information about their health and condition from curated sources online. They are eager to know more and try out innovations. Empowered patients challenge doctors and expect medical professionals to treat them as equal partners when designing their treatment plans and carry out their therapy. Physicians could learn from them a lot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>5) Dealing with ethical issues due to new technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Who will have the responsibility when a machine learning algorithm misses a nodule on a chest X-ray? How far should genome editing methods go in improving babies? Where are the boundaries of private patient data? Plenty of serious ethical questions and concerns arise due to the latest innovations, and it is important for the young generation to think about and discuss all these dilemmas in details.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>6) Advanced medical communication\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>coupled with digital literacy\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>The profession of practicing medicine is based on communication.\u003C\u002Fem> And as social media and other digital technologies play a major role in today’s communication, digital literacy must be included in the medical curriculum. The value of social media has been demonstrated several times in medicine and healthcare, therefore it is time to prepare medical students for the conditions they will have to face when they graduate. That’s the abstract of our \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmededu.jmir.org\u002F2015\u002F2\u002Fe6\u002F\">study from 2015\u003C\u002Fa> where we described how we integrated social media into medical education through my \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fthecourse.webicina.com\u002Fpresentations\u002Fintroduction\u002F\">Social MEDia course\u003C\u002Fa>. \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fscopeblog.stanford.edu\u002F2015\u002F09\u002F25\u002Fintegrating-digital-literacy-into-medical-education\u002F\">Stanford Medicine’s blog\u003C\u002Fa> considered the attempt successful highlighting my methods using among others gadgets  – and chocolate, among others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-education.jpg\" alt=\"medical education\" class=\"wp-image-16816\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-education.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-education-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-education-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-education-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fmedical-education-444x250.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>7) Keeping pace with the times: bringing new technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Cstrong>to medical education\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.anatomage.com\u002Ftable\u002F\">Anatomage Table\u003C\u002Fa> is the world’s first virtual dissection surface perfect for teaching anatomy easily and spectacularly. The Hololens mixed reality device is also a great tool for studying the human body. There are already some universities who plan to introduce such new technologies: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.futurum.xyz\u002Fhow-microsoft-hololens-is-changing-medicine-and-surgery\u002F\">Case Western opens its new health education campus in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic in 2019\u003C\u002Fa>, where students won’t learn anatomy from cadavers, they’ll learn it from virtual reality through Hololens. I hope that more and more med schools will follow their example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>8) Gamification based learning materials\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I’m not saying that memorizing information and learning from age-old pearls of wisdom is not a feasible way to get to important medical knowledge. But would you not use gamification methods to make the learning process easier and more effective? Are we not supposed to also have some fun while studying? There are many gamification-based learning materials or \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.picmonic.com\u002F\">knowledge testing sites\u003C\u002Fa> already out there to break away from traditional studying and motivate more parts of our brains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>9) Professor-student equal-level partnership\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the patient-doctor relationship turns from a hierarchical, asymmetric power relationship into an equal-level partnership, the same could happen with the professor-student rapport. The professor is not the ultimate gatekeeper of definite knowledge; he is also learning from students and incorporates feedback into the curriculum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-16813\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fprofessor-george-mwangi-working-with-a-student-during-science-lab.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Education\" class=\"wp-image-16813\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fprofessor-george-mwangi-working-with-a-student-during-science-lab.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fprofessor-george-mwangi-working-with-a-student-during-science-lab-768x361.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fprofessor-george-mwangi-working-with-a-student-during-science-lab-512x241.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002Fprofessor-george-mwangi-working-with-a-student-during-science-lab-458x216.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003Cfigcaption>\u003Cem>Professor George Mwangi working with a student during science lab. Source: University of Sioux Falls.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Ffigcaption>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>What happens IRL – “Lessons in Digital Health” at Semmelweis University\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>I launched a pilot course „Lessons in Digital Health” at Semmelweis Medical School in the 2017 autumn semester to experience whether and how the principles I believe in, the content I consider important and the chosen course format could reach medical students; and whether and how they would benefit from it. This was the first time the most prestigious Hungarian university allowed the launch of such a special course and as there were too many applicants, I pre-selected eager international students based on introductory essays about digital health. They became \u003Cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003Cstrong>The Avengers of Semmelweis\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fspan>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_1230481-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16822\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_1230481-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_1230481-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_1230481-1-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_1230481-1-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We worked together for a semester as a workshop and outside the classroom in a closed Facebook group. I used the format I learned as a student at Harvard Extension School, as I was interested whether it could be implemented elsewhere. It turned out it could. During the 10 weeks, \u003Cstrong>we discussed telemedicine, communities, information management, health sensors, wearables, genetic testing, privacy issues, ethical concerns, new technologies\u003C\u002Fstrong>, and many more. Students had to discuss in groups how\u003Cstrong> they would design the best health sensor\u003C\u002Fstrong> or how they would build up a telemedicine application to get the most optimal outcome. They sought some answers \u003Cstrong>what would happen in a hospital if the most innovative technologies were available\u003C\u002Fstrong> from one day to another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_121848-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16823\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_121848-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_121848-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_121848-1-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171010_121848-1-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Students could meet the requirements of the course by submitting two essays and completing a final project. At first, they had to \u003Cstrong>write a science fiction short story about a medical professional who lives in a paradigm shift\u003C\u002Fstrong>; perhaps during the 18th century when the first vaccinations were used or in the late 19th century when Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered the X-ray. For their second essay, \u003Cstrong>they had to come up with a news article from the future\u003C\u002Fstrong>. Another piece of science fiction discussing all the ethical concerns around digital health technologies through a dystopia or utopia. And finally, as their final project they \u003Cstrong>could come up with anything – a poem, a performance, a business idea, an investor pitch, a movie review\u003C\u002Fstrong>, anything really – in connection to digital health which demonstrates their knowledge in and their take on the topic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We even \u003Cstrong>played a board game about the future\u003C\u002Fstrong> (\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fideacouture.com\u002Fimpact\u002F\">Impact – a Foresight Game\u003C\u002Fa>).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\u003Cfigure class=\"aligncenter\">\u003Cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002F1712507217.rsc.cdn77.org\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171114_120008-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16821\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171114_120008-1.jpg 870w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171114_120008-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171114_120008-1-512x256.jpg 512w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.medicalfuturist.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F12\u002F20171114_120008-1-458x229.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Ffigure>\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u003Cstrong>A short journey into the digital health jungle\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For me, the course was an intellectual challenge every week; I learned something new from the students on every occasion. I had two favorite sessions: when students presented their final projects and introduced their poems, their business ideas, their movie reviews, etc. and the workshop with the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.makerspace.hu\u002F\">Hungarian Makerspace\u003C\u002Fa>. They planned a card game for the group to illustrate the nature of probability and planning in epidemiology. One part of the class had to come up with factors facilitating the spread of the pest, the other part with elements hindering the escalation of the epidemic. Afterwards, two pack of cards and chance helped decide whether the pest could be contained in an imagined country. Exciting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As it seems it was not only me who enjoyed the format and the content of the course. In the evaluation, one student wrote: \u003Cem>Thoroughly enjoyed the uniqueness and openness of the course. Enjoyed working on new projects that were far removed from the usual boring things and hearing other people’s ideas. Most of all I learned even more about the future of medicine and the direction in which it’s going, I actually learned more than I thought I would! \u003C\u002Fem>Other students thought that more group projects, discussions and debates have made the course even more thought-provoking. But I was really glad that many gave me the feedback that now they have an opinion about issues in digital health – and this was the aim of the course. 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