Academic Journal
The next century of Academic Medicine: balancing high tech and high touch in the age of artificial intelligence.
| Τίτλος: | The next century of Academic Medicine: balancing high tech and high touch in the age of artificial intelligence. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Prober CG; Stanford Center for Health Education, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States., Shah NH; Departments of Medicine and Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States., Arvin AM; Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States. |
| Πηγή: | Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges [Acad Med] 2026 Oct 01; Vol. 101 (10), pp. 1204-1208. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Published for the Association of American Medical Colleges by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8904605 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-808X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10402446 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acad Med Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Philadelphia, PA : Published for the Association of American Medical Colleges by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Original Publication: [Philadelphia, Pa. : Hanley & Belfus, c1989- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Artificial Intelligence*/trends , Academic Medical Centers*/trends , Academic Medical Centers*/organization & administration, Humans ; Academia ; Digital Health ; Generative Artificial Intelligence |
| Περίληψη: | As Academic Medicine marks its centennial, academic medical centers (AMCs) face a defining inflection point driven by the convergence of generative artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational biology, digital health platforms, autonomous systems, and increasingly continuous streams of clinical and behavioral data. Together, these technologies are transforming how health professionals are educated, how biomedical knowledge is generated, how care is delivered, and how health outcomes are measured. In this Commentary, the authors argue that these changes require more than technological adoption; they demand a redefinition of the mission and responsibilities of academic medicine. AMCs must move beyond their traditional roles in education, research, and clinical care to become leaders in responsible innovation, ethical governance, workforce transformation, public trust, community engagement, health equity, and global stewardship. The authors examine implications for individualized education, artificial intelligence-enabled clinical care, accelerated scientific discovery, and the democratization of health knowledge across diverse settings. The authors contend that AMCs must deliberately redesign curricula, research ecosystems, care models, and institutional incentives to ensure that technological advances strengthen rather than diminish human judgment, compassion, and equity. The next century of academic medicine will be defined not by whether AMCs adopt emerging technologies, but by whether they shape their development and use in ways that preserve the human relationships and societal responsibilities at the heart of medicine. (© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the AAMC. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: academic medical centers; clinical care; education; generative artificial intelligence; research; transformative changes |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260724 Date Completed: 20260925 Latest Revision: 20260925 |
| Update Code: | 20260925 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acamed/wvag214 |
| PMID: | 42496664 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1938-808X |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/acamed/wvag214 |