Digital competence – A Key Competence for Todays and Future Physicians

Foadi, Nilufar; Varghese, Julian

doi:10.1080/21614083.2021.2015200

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“…The leaders reflected on the need for future higher education programs to provide healthcare professionals with better knowledge of AI systems and its use in practice. Although digital literacy is described as important for healthcare professionals [ 55 , 56 ], higher education faces many challenges in meeting emerging requirements and demands of society and healthcare.…”

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Challenges to implementing artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative interview study with healthcare leaders in Sweden

Petersson

Larsson

Nygren

et al. 2022

BMC Health Serv Res

121

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Background Artificial intelligence (AI) for healthcare presents potential solutions to some of the challenges faced by health systems around the world. However, it is well established in implementation and innovation research that novel technologies are often resisted by healthcare leaders, which contributes to their slow and variable uptake. Although research on various stakeholders’ perspectives on AI implementation has been undertaken, very few studies have investigated leaders’ perspectives on the issue of AI implementation in healthcare. It is essential to understand the perspectives of healthcare leaders, because they have a key role in the implementation process of new technologies in healthcare. The aim of this study was to explore challenges perceived by leaders in a regional Swedish healthcare setting concerning the implementation of AI in healthcare. Methods The study takes an explorative qualitative approach. Individual, semi-structured interviews were conducted from October 2020 to May 2021 with 26 healthcare leaders. The analysis was performed using qualitative content analysis, with an inductive approach. Results The analysis yielded three categories, representing three types of challenge perceived to be linked with the implementation of AI in healthcare: 1) Conditions external to the healthcare system; 2) Capacity for strategic change management; 3) Transformation of healthcare professions and healthcare practice. Conclusions In conclusion, healthcare leaders highlighted several implementation challenges in relation to AI within and beyond the healthcare system in general and their organisations in particular. The challenges comprised conditions external to the healthcare system, internal capacity for strategic change management, along with transformation of healthcare professions and healthcare practice. The results point to the need to develop implementation strategies across healthcare organisations to address challenges to AI-specific capacity building. Laws and policies are needed to regulate the design and execution of effective AI implementation strategies. There is a need to invest time and resources in implementation processes, with collaboration across healthcare, county councils, and industry partnerships.

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Challenges to implementing artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative interview study with healthcare leaders in Sweden

Petersson

Larsson

Nygren

et al. 2022

BMC Health Serv Res

121

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“…Perceived obstacles to internet resource access are in close relationship with digital competence ( 13 , 14 ). Digital competence is a relatively new term used to explain a person’s ability to perform digital tasks, read digital data, and apply new knowledge obtained from digital environments ( 15 ). Digital competence is a fundamental skill for surgeons’ CPD activities.…”

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Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles

Çimen

Eraslan²,

Uysal³

et al. 2022

Front. Surg.

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BackgroundTo investigate the use of internet resources by surgeons for continuing professional development (CPD).ResultsThis cross-sectional study was carried out between July 1, 2021, to October 31, 2021, at the Department of Medicine, Health Sciences University Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, with participants from nine surgical specialties: General surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedics, urology, plastic surgery, ear-nose-throat surgery, cardiovascular surgery, ophthalmology, and anesthesiology. All study participants were asked to complete a questionnaire comprising 23 questions regarding their age, duration of work experience, appointment status, venue, and time spent on internet resources and preferred online resources for CPD purposes. In addition, participants were divided into two groups according to their appointment status: academic faculty and staff surgeons. Data analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 17.0. The target population consisted of 216 specialists. The survey was completed by 204 (94.4%) surgical specialists. The majority of the specialists (n = 137, 67.2%) reported using the internet for work-related purposes every day. Daily time spent on internet resources was reported to be 30–60 min by 39.2% (n = 80) participants, whereas 52 (25.5%) reported spending less than 30 min. The participants wished to spend more time on internet resources. The majority of surgeons found the hospital and home equally effective in using the internet and preferred to engage alone. The mean age, English language level, usage of online resources, and the attitude score toward the perceived credibility and usefulness of e-resources were significantly higher in the academic faculty group than staff surgeons (p < 0.005). On the other hand, the use of Google/Google scholar was similar between the two groups (p = 0.192). Technical difficulties such as slow internet, need for website registration, and article fees were considered drawbacks for internet resources among all the participants.ConclusionsThis study showed that most surgeons use internet resources daily for CPD and stated they would like to engage longer despite technical difficulties. Institutions should address these technical difficulties.

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“…The awareness of the importance of digitization in the case of the surveyed doctors was connected with the explicit doubt whether the educational programs in medical studies follow the technological challenges of the 21st century. It is a paradox that in times of an unprecedented technological boom, medical education in this field is still insufficient, what multiplicity studies from different countries have reported [31][32][33] The use of the Internet for health porpoise is increasing, but its impact on healthcare is still unclear. Undeniably seeking health information online will keep increasing [34].…”

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Digital Skills, Perceptions of Dr. Google, and Attitudes of e-Health Solutions among Polish Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Burzyńska¹,

Bartosiewicz²,

Januszewicz³

2022

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The investment in digital e-Health services is a priority direction in the development of global health care systems. While people are increasingly using the Web for health information, it is not entirely clear what is the physicians’ attitude towards digital transformation, and the acceptance of new technologies in healthcare. The aim of this cross-sectional survey study was to investigate physicians’ self-digital skills, and their opinions on obtaining online health knowledge by patients, as well as the recognition of physicians’ attitudes towards e-Health solutions. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed to emerge the variables from self-designed questionnaire, and cross-sectional analysis comparing descriptive statistics and correlations for dependent variables using the one-way ANOVA (F-test). 307 physicians participated in the study, reported using the internet mainly several times a day (66.8%). Most participants (70.4%) were familiar with new technologies and rate their e-Health literacy high, although 84.0% reported the need for additional training in this field, and reported a need to introduce a larger number of subjects shaping digital skills (75.9%) in medical studies 53.4% of physicians perceived Internet-sourced information as sometimes reliable, and in general assessed the effects of using it by their patients negatively (41.7%). Digital skills increased significantly with frequency of internet use (F = 13.167; p = 0.0001), and decreased with physicians’ age, and the need for training. Those who claimed that patients often experienced health benefits from online health showed higher digital skills (-1.06). Physicians most often recommended their patients to obtain laboratory test results online (32.2%), and to arrange medical appointments via the Internet (27.0%). Along with the deterioration of physicians’ digital skills, the recommendation of e-Health solutions decreased (r = 0.413), and lower the assessment of e-Health solutions for the patient (r = 0.449). Physicians perceive digitization as a sign of the times, and frequently use its tools in daily practice. The evaluation of Dr. Google’s phenomenon and online health is directly related to their own e-Health literacy skills, but there is still a need for practical training to deal with digital revolution.

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Digital competence – A Key Competence for Todays and Future Physicians

Cited by 26 publications

References 32 publications

Challenges to implementing artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative interview study with healthcare leaders in Sweden

Challenges to implementing artificial intelligence in healthcare: a qualitative interview study with healthcare leaders in Sweden

Utilization of Internet Resources by Surgeons for Continuous Professional Development in the Era of Prevailing COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends and Obstacles

Digital Skills, Perceptions of Dr. Google, and Attitudes of e-Health Solutions among Polish Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study

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