DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF CLINICAL EDUCATION THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREATS (SWOT) ANALYSIS

Creative Commons License

Akyon S. H., Akyon F. C., Yazar S.

Ankara Medical Journal, cilt.25, sa.1, ss.96-118, 2025 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 25 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/amj.2025.63373
  • Dergi Adı: Ankara Medical Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.96-118
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Artificial intelligence, clinical skills, digital health, medical education, patient simulation
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This review article examines the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the digital transformation of clinical education through a comprehensive SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis. AI offers several strengths, including innovative learning strategies through simulations and virtual patients, personalized learning paths, advanced clinical training, and enhanced communication skills. However, AI faces weaknesses such as a lack of transparency, potential for misinformation, limited curriculum integration, and access inequality. Opportunities include managing information overload, providing real-time feedback, supporting multiple languages, and generating clinical scenarios. Threats include misinformation and bias, overdependence on AI, privacy concerns, lack of human interaction, and access inequality. Addressing these challenges is critical to fully realize AI's potential in medical education.