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Can Artificial Intelligence End the Doctorate?

Writer's picture: Abdulsamet KılıçAbdulsamet Kılıç

Today, artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are rapidly advancing in many areas and are used to perform various human tasks. Applications of artificial intelligence in medicine are also increasing, and some express the opinion that in the future artificial intelligence can fully fulfill the profession of medicine. In this article, we will examine the implications and potential limitations of artificial intelligence in the medical profession.





Artificial Intelligence and Medicine


Artificial intelligence is an information processing system with features such as analyzing complex data, recognizing patterns, learning abilities and decision-making abilities. In the field of medicine, artificial intelligence technologies are used in many areas such as diagnosis, disease prediction, treatment planning and patient follow-up. For example, thanks to image processing algorithms, artificial intelligence can be used to detect and diagnose abnormalities in radiological images. AI can also analyze genetic data to predict disease risk and develop personalized treatment plans.


Artificial Intelligence and Doctorate


Whether artificial intelligence can fully fulfill the profession of medicine is a controversial issue. Some think that artificial intelligence can help human doctors and improve the diagnostic process, while others argue that doctors are a profession that requires human experience and instinct.


Among the advantages of artificial intelligence technologies are factors such as being able to quickly analyze large data masses, recognizing patterns and having high accuracy rates in diagnosis. However, artificial intelligence is currently not advanced enough to completely replace human doctors and has some limitations.


Limitations of Artificial Intelligence


Among the limitations of AI technologies is the fact that human doctors must consider important factors such as human evaluation, empathy, patient-doctor relationship. Many diseases and health conditions go beyond symptoms to include psychological and emotional factors. For this reason, it is important for the doctor to show empathy to the patient, provide emotional support and morale motivation during the treatment process. Artificial intelligence technologies do not yet possess such human characteristics.


In addition, the clinical experience and intuition of human physicians plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases. In some cases, uncertainties, conflicting findings, and rare disease states may be encountered. Human physicians have clinical experience and extensive knowledge to deal with such situations.


Collaboration of Artificial Intelligence and Human Doctors




In conclusion, the question of whether artificial intelligence can fully fulfill the profession of medicine is a difficult one to answer. However, it is clear that artificial intelligence technologies can help doctors and contribute to the improvement of health services. The analytical capabilities of AI, its fast data processing capacity, and high diagnostic accuracy can be used to support doctors’ decision-making and create better treatment plans for patients.


It is unclear how AI will impact the medical profession in the future, but it is likely that the combination of the expertise and human characteristics of human doctors and the analytical power of AI technologies will be significant. Therefore, it is important to develop the necessary training and guidelines for the integration of artificial intelligence technologies to doctors and their harmonious operation.

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