TABLE 3.
Overview of themes in the literature.
| 1. Developments and debates (7 themes) |
| • Concerns about AI ethics, healthcare jobs, and loss of empathy (25 articles) |
| • Human-centered design of AI technologies for healthcare (16 articles) |
| • Optimistic speculation AI technologies will address care gaps (12 articles) |
| • Interrogation of what it means to be human and to care (11 articles) |
| • Recognition of future potential for patient monitoring, virtual proximity, and access to healthcare (10 articles) |
| • Calls for curricula development and healthcare professional education (5 articles) |
| • Implementation of AI applications to enhance health and wellbeing of the healthcare workforce (2 articles) |
| 2. How AI technologies enhance compassion (10 themes) |
| • Empathetic awareness (15 articles) |
| • Empathetic response and relational behaviour (12 articles) |
| • Communication skills (12 articles) |
| • Health coaching (11 articles) |
| • Therapeutic interventions (8 articles) |
| • Moral development learning (8 articles) |
| • Clinical knowledge and clinical assessment (7 articles) |
| • Healthcare quality assessment (6 articles) |
| • Therapeutic bond and therapeutic alliance (5 articles) |
| • Providing health information and advice (3 article) |
| 3. Gaps in knowledge (4 themes) |
| • Educational effectiveness of AI-assisted learning (11 articles) |
| • Patient diversity and AI technologies (10 articles) |
| • Implementation of AI technologies in education and practice settings (8 articles) |
| • Safety and clinical effectiveness of AI technologies (4 articles) |
| 4. Key areas for development (3 themes) |
| • Enriching education, learning, and clinical practice (10 articles) |
| • Extending healing spaces (9 articles) |
| • Enhancing healing relationships (7 articles) |