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Physician Training for the AI Era

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.20340

October 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical education, and how physician training should change in parallel with AI use including emphasizing skills that AI makes more valuable, cultivating those it makes newly necessary, and carefully de-emphasizing those it makes less important.

Corresponding Author: Jesse Burk-Rafel, MD, MRes, NYU Langone Health, 550 First Ave, New York, NY 10016 (Jesse.Rafel@nyulangone.org).

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