Ethical concerns surrounding artificial intelligence in anatomy education: Should AI human body simulations replace donors in the dissection room?

被引:11
作者
Cornwall, Jon [1 ,5 ]
Hildebrandt, Sabine [2 ]
Champney, Thomas H. [3 ]
Goodman, Kenneth [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Otago, Otago Med Sch, Ctr Early Learning Med, Dunedin, New Zealand
[2] Harvard Med Sch, Boston Childrens Hosp, Dept Pediat, Div Gen Pediat, Boston, MA USA
[3] Univ Miami, Miller Sch Med, Dept Cell Biol, Miami, FL USA
[4] Univ Miami, Miller Sch Med, Inst Bioeth & Hlth Policy, Miami, FL USA
[5] Univ Otago, Ctr Early Learning Med, Otago Med Sch, POB 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
关键词
anatomy; anatomy education; artificial intelligence; body donor; ethics; healthcare education; medical education; professional identity formation; MEDICAL-STUDENTS; MORPHOLOGY; SYLLABUS; ABSENCE;
D O I
10.1002/ase.2335
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
The potential effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on the teaching of anatomy are unclear. We explore the hypothetical situation of human body donors being replaced by AI human body simulations and reflect on two separate ethical concerns: first, whether it is permissible to replace donors with AI human body simulations in the dissection room when the consequences of doing so are unclear, and second, the overarching ethical significance of AI use in anatomy education. To do this, we highlight the key benefits of student exposure to the dissection room and body donors, including nontechnical, discipline-independent skills, awareness and interaction with applied bioethics, and professional identity formation. We suggest that the uniqueness of the dissection room experience and the importance of the key benefits accompanying this exposure outweigh the potential and so far unknown benefits of AI technology in this space. Further, the lack of engagement with bioethical principles that are intimately intertwined with the dissection room experience may have repercussions for future healthcare professional development. We argue that interaction with body donors must be protected and maintained and not replaced with AI human body donor simulations. Any move away from this foundation of anatomy education requires scrutiny. In light of the possible adoption of AI technologies into anatomy teaching, it is necessary that medical educators reflect on the dictum that the practice of healthcare, and anatomy, is a uniquely human endeavor.
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