Knowledge, attitude, and practice of artificial intelligence among doctors and medical students in Pakistan: A cross-sectional online survey
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Background: The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) has gained popularity during the last few decades and its use in medicine is increasing globally. Developing countries like Pakistan are lagging in the implementation of AI-based solutions in healthcare. There is a need to incorporate AI in the health system which may help not only in expediting diagnosis and management but also injudicious resource allocation. Objective: To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of AI among doctors and medical students in Pakistan. Materials and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire-based survey regarding demographic details, knowledge, perception, and practice of AI. A sample of 470 individuals including doctors and medical students were selected using the convenient sampling technique. The chi-square test was applied for the comparison of variables. Results: Out of 470 individuals, 223(47.45%) were doctors and 247(52.55%) were medical students. Among these, 165(74%) doctors and 170(68.8%) medical students had a basic knowledge of AI but only 61(27.3%) doctors and 48(19.4%) students were aware of its medical applications. Regarding attitude, 237(76.7%) individuals supported AI's inclusion in curriculum, 368(78.3%) and 305(64.9%), 281(59.8%) and 269(57.2%) acknowledged its necessity in radiology, pathology, and COVID-19 pandemic respectively. Conclusion: The majority of doctors and medical students lack knowledge about AI and its applications, but had a positive view of AI in the field of medicine and were willing to adopt it. HIGHLIGHTS The majority of doctors and medical students lack knowledge about AI and its applications. Developing countries like Pakistan are lagging in the implementation of AI-based solutions in healthcare. There is a need to incorporate AI in the health system which may help in expediting diagnosis, management and injudicious resource allocation. More resources need to be allocated for the planning and implementation of AI in the medical curriculum.
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- Ahmed, Z., Bhinder, K. K., Tariq, A., Tahir, M. J., Mehmood, Q., Tabassum, M. S., Malik, M., Aslam, S., Asghar, M. S., & Yousaf, Z.
- Affiliations
- Lahore General Hospital (PK)
- Shifa International Hospital (PK)
- King Edward Medical University (PK)
- Benazir Bhutto Hospital (PK)
- Dow University of Health Sciences (PK)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- Corresponding author
- Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib
- ORCID
- Venue
- Annals of Medicine & Surgery
- Published
- 2022-04
- Volume
- 76
- Pages
- 103493-103493
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- 2049-0801 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8928127
- OpenAlex
- W4221097940
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- 208
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- 19
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- 2026: 40 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 5 · 2020: 1
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- en
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- Annals of Medicine and Surgery (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence in healthcare, knowledge, attitudes and practices, physicians, medical students, AI awareness, artificial intelligence in medical education, artificial intelligence adoption, radiology, pathology, COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan
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