Abstract :
Medical students should be educated to face tomorrow’s health challenges. In this review, we discuss how students can be educated to address three major challenges. The main areas of this article were identified through discussion and consensus among the authors. The databases, ‘PubMed’ and ‘Google Scholar’, were searched using appropriate keywords. The articles were carefully reviewed by the authors for inclusion. Climate change is a major challenge with serious implications for global health. The topic should be embedded across multiple curricular areas, and environmental determinants of health should be incorporated in all activities. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being increasingly used in medicine, offering major benefits but also presenting significant challenges. Medical students should be AI literate. They should be able to critically evaluate AI applications. They should have the competency to convey diagnostic information and probabilities provided by AI applications to patients. The population is rapidly aging, and chronic conditions are becoming common. Physicians should develop geriatric competencies and a patient-centred approach. By educating students on these important areas, physicians will be better equipped to foster an improved health care system and a healthier population. Medical students should be educated in these three areas of climate change, artificial intelligence and providing healthcare to an aging population.
Keyword :
Artificial Intelligence, Global Health, Climate Change, Curriculum, Aging