Essential Digital Health Skills for Tomorrow’s Physicians Highlighted

May 23, 2025

A New Zealand study outlines four digital health skillsets medical schools should teach, including AI, to better prepare future doctors.

Key Details

  • Researchers at the University of Otago identified four key digital health competencies for future doctors.
  • The competencies include understanding the local digital health ecosystem, data safety/security/ethics, hands-on skills with digital tools, and digital-health research.
  • Findings are based on interviews with 17 students, 12 educators, and 11 digital-sector experts.
  • The study was published in BMC Medical Education.

Why It Matters

Radiology and imaging are at the forefront of medical digitalization and AI adoption. Ensuring future clinicians are digitally literate will affect interdisciplinary collaboration, technology utilization, and ultimately, patient care standards in radiology.

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