Redefining medical education by boosting curriculum with artificial intelligence knowledge

Abstract

In 1910, Abraham Flexner published The Flexner Report. After visiting 155 medical schools across the United States and Canada, he established the biomedical model as the gold standard of medical training.1 Among other things, he created a standardized four-year curriculum, recommended a minimum qualification for admittance, and establishes an accreditation process.2 Previous to his report, the majority of medical schools had been founded merely for profit reasons and thus went about their business without any set of rules for admission or accreditation. Flexner’s influence still guides the current curricular reform, and more than a century later, we still believe the fundamental aims proposed by him are relevant. However, we must also consider that to restructure today’s education track optimally, it is necessary to embrace new technologies.