Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a part of our daily lives, whether in the office or the classroom, and one medical school is fully embracing the technology.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City has become the first in the nation to incorporate AI into its doctor training program, granting access to OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu to all of its M.D. and graduate students. Faris Gulamali is among the school’s future doctors taking full advantage of the AI tool.
Gulamali said he uses ChatGPT to help him prep for surgeries and to improve his bedside manner when explaining complex diagnoses to patients.
When asked whether using AI shortened the time it would’ve taken Gulamali had he not used the tool, which is designed to help medical students as they face the rigorous demands required of their education, he said: “It really helped at least reframe the explanation.”
The use of AI in sensitive fields such as medicine has brought up concerns of privacy violations, and OpenAI said it is collaborating with universities and medical schools like Mount Sinai to ensure robust safeguards are in place to protect students and patients.
ChatGPT Edu is built to be fully compliant with HIPAA, the federal law restricting the release of medical information, according to OpenAI Vice President and General Manager of Education Leah Belsky.
By Tom Hansen | CBS News
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