Artificial intelligence (AI) is finding its way into healthcare. Therefore, medical students need to be trained to be ‘bilingual’ in both medical and computational terminology and concepts to allow them to understand, implement and evaluate AI-related research.
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We thank S. AlMaadheed and M. Chowdhury for help in teaching the AI in Medicine Elective, as well as for their vital role as mentors and faculty for the Qatar AI and XR in Healthcare group. We also thank all the guests and friends of the interest group worldwide who helped shape this piece.
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Mekki, Y.M., Zughaier, S.M. Teaching artificial intelligence in medicine. Nat Rev Bioeng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44222-024-00195-0
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