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. 2021 Dec 13;7(4):e31043. doi: 10.2196/31043

Table 5.

Curriculum focus and objectives.

Themes (framed by McCoy et al [43]) and topic Description Number of studies References
Using AIa

Fundamentals of AI An overview of all stages of model development, translation, and use in clinical practice. Specifically, this would cover nomenclature and principles such as data collection and transformation, algorithm selection, model development, training and validation, and interpreting model output 20 [5,26,27,32,34,36,37,39-41,43,46,47,51,52,55,57-59,62]

Fundamentals of health care data science Fundamental understanding of the environment supported by AI. This includes an overview of biostatistics, big data, data streams available, and how algorithms and machine learning use and process data 20 [5,13,26-36,41,42,45,49,51,52,54]

Fundamentals of biomedical informatics An overview of essential concepts such as nomenclature (information and knowledge taxonomy), structure and function of computers, information and communications technology, standards in biomedical informatics, and technology evaluation 1 [39]

Multidisciplinary collaboration Learning how to partner and communicate with experts in engineering and data science to ensure clinical relevance and accuracy of AI systems 13 [26,29,31,33,43,45,51-54,57,58,62]

Applications of AI Providing examples of AI that have been implemented in health care settings to understand the impact of technologies that incorporate AI 11 [2,32,39,40,44-46,51,52,55,57]

Implementation of AI in health care settings Understanding how to embed AI tools into clinical settings and workflows. Specifically, this includes requirements for clinical translation and interpretation of model outputs 9 [27,30,32-34,41,45,57,62]

Strengths and limitations of AI Understanding the value, pitfalls, weaknesses and potential errors or unintended consequences that may occur when using AI tools 13 [26,30,32-34,37,41,45,51,52,55,58,62]

Ethical considerations Understanding and building awareness of ethics, equity, inclusion, patient rights, and confidentiality when using AI tools 13 [5,26,28-30,33,36,39,41,42,46,54,58]

Legal considerations and governance strategy Understanding data governance principles, regulatory frameworks, legislation, policy on using data and AI tools, as well as liability or intellectual property issues 7 [27,30,39,41,45,51,58]

Economic considerations “Understanding of how business or clinical processes will be altered through the integration of AI technologies into health care” [58] as well as commercialization 2 [26,33]
Interpreting results from AI

Medical decision-making Understanding decision science and probabilities from AI diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms to then meaningfully apply them in clinical decision-making 8 [13,26,28-31,39,51]

Data visualization Understanding how to present and describe outputs from AI tools 4 [27,30,52,54]

Product development projects Hands on experience to develop, test, and validate AI algorithms with real medical data 2 [52,54]
Explaining results from AI

Communicating with patients Mastering how to communicate results with patients in a personalized and meaningful way and discuss the use of AI in the medical decision-making process 8 [5,28-30,32,36,43,46]

Compassion and empathy Cultivating and expressing empathy and compassion when communicating with patients 4 [28-30,36]

Critical appraisal Understanding how to evaluate AI diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms 7 [2,34,40,43,51,54,59]

aAI: artificial intelligence.