Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences: opportunities, challenges, and future perspectives

Abstract

This article explores the impact and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Health Sciences and related education. With a focus on medical diagnostics, treatment personalisation, and hospital management, the article highlights how AI has the potential to revolutionize both practice and research in healthcare. Concurrently, the text examines the increasing role of AI in Health Sciences education, addressing its contribution to the personalisation of learning, realistic simulations, and automated assessments. However, the article also draws attention to the inherent challenges of AI implementation, including issues of accuracy, ethics, privacy, and equal access. The concluding remarks offer an ambivalent view, recognizing both the transformative opportunities and the ethical and technical challenges of AI in Health Sciences. The article anticipates the undertaking of a subsequent study, a training needs survey, aimed at exploring how teachers have been utilizing AI in Health Sciences. Based on these insights, a targeted training programme for teachers in the field of health sciences will be developed, whose impact and effectiveness will be carefully evaluated.