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Medical students need artificial intelligence and machine learning training

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As the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies progresses toward the clinic, the traditional roles of physicians will change.

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  1. School of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Aidan Pucchio

  2. Department of Oncology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Elizabeth A. Eisenhauer & Fabio Ynoe Moraes

  3. Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Elizabeth A. Eisenhauer & Fabio Ynoe Moraes

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Pucchio, A., Eisenhauer, E.A. & Moraes, F.Y. Medical students need artificial intelligence and machine learning training. Nat Biotechnol 39, 388–389 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-00846-2

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