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Physician Confidence in Artificial Intelligence: An Online Mobile Survey

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Oh, Songhee, Kim, Jae Heon, Choi, Sung-Woo, Lee, Hee Jeong, Hong, Jungrak, Kwon, Soon Hyo·2019·Journal of Medical Internet Research

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BACKGROUND: It is expected that artificial intelligence (AI) will be used extensively in the medical field in the future. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to investigate the awareness of AI among Korean doctors and to assess physicians' attitudes toward the medical application of AI. METHODS: We conducted an online survey composed of 11 closed-ended questions using Google Forms. The survey consisted of questions regarding the recognition of and attitudes toward AI, the development direction of AI in medicine, and the possible risks of using AI in the medical field. RESULTS: A total of 669 participants completed the survey. Only 40 (5.9%) answered that they had good familiarity with AI. However, most participants considered AI useful in the medical field (558/669, 83.4% agreement). The advantage of using AI was seen as the ability to analyze vast amounts of high-quality, clinically relevant data in real time. Respondents agreed that the area of medicine in which AI would be most useful is disease diagnosis (558/669, 83.4% agreement). One possible problem cited by the participants was that AI would not be able to assist in unexpected situations owing to inadequate information (196/669, 29.3%). Less than half of the participants(294/669, 43.9%) agreed that AI is diagnostically superior to human doctors. Only 237 (35.4%) answered that they agreed that AI could replace them in their jobs. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that Korean doctors and medical students have favorable attitudes toward AI in the medical field. The majority of physicians surveyed believed that AI will not replace their roles in the future.

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Authors
Oh, S., Kim, J. H., Choi, S.-W., Lee, H. J., Hong, J., & Kwon, S. H.
Affiliations
  • Soonchunhyang University Hospital Seoul (KR)
  • Soonchunhyang University (KR)
  • New York Medical College (US)
Corresponding author
Kwon, Soon Hyo
Venue
Journal of Medical Internet Research
Published
2019-03-25
Volume
21
Issue
3
Pages
e12422
ISSN
1438-8871 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2910165844
Cited by
387
References
43
Citations by year
2026: 63 · 2025: 71 · 2024: 86 · 2023: 64 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 4
FWCI
8.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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cc-by
Locations
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Soonchunhyang University
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Keywords
artificial intelligence in healthcare, physician attitudes, AI awareness, AI adoption in healthcare, disease diagnosis, Korean physicians, medical students
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Female, Humans, Male, Physicians, Surveys and Questionnaires, Mobile Applications

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