Development of educational program on AI technology and critical thinking ability for medical students

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K21737
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Medium-sized Section 9:Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: NOZAKA HIROYUKI 弘前大学, 保健学研究科, 講師 (80302040)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-06-28 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 人工知能 / クリティカルシンキング / AI技術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we investigated an educational program to train medical professionals who have both medical AI operational skills and critical thinking skills. An active learning program for learning medical AI characteristics and a critical thinking skill development program were studied, and a systematic AI skill education model for medical professionals was developed. The model consists of 1) knowledge of AI, 2) basic construction of deep learning models, 3) AI generation techniques, 4) medical AI model creation and evaluation exercises, and 5) AI model generation algorithms. We also studied the evaluation methodology of trainees' medical AI skills, and evaluated the results with medical students. The evaluation results showed that the program was highly effective and valid for medical AI education.

Free Research Field

教育工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究において開発した医療用AI特性学習用アクティブラーニングプログラムとクリティカル・シンキングスキル開発プログラムは,現在未確立となっている医療系学生を対象とした医療AI教育の教育モデルとして有用であるとともに,習得したスキルについては, 医療系学生AIスキル・クリティカルシンキングスキル評価によって習熟度・理解度を適切に把握可能であることが推察された。本教育モデルを各医療専門領域教育にカスタマイズすることで,医療専門分野別の応用教育プログラムの確立が可能であり,我が国の医学教育への貢献も強く期待できるものと考えられた。