Artificial intelligence is making significant inroads into healthcare, diagnostics, workflows, and even medical education. But can AI truly take on the role of a teacher in medical training?

“Can AI do the teaching?” asked Nick Woznitza, consultant radiographer and clinical academic at University College Hospital London. “No. But . . .”

This was the subject of a panel session in February, at the Royal College of Radiologists’ conference on the future of AI in healthcare and the NHS.1 Medical education has long been built on a foundation of mentorship and hands-on learning—and there are still things that only a human teacher would pick up on, Woznitza told the audience.

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