*Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Doctor as a Stakeholder DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.111490*

learning. With the projections showing a great potential of AI in healthcare, is it not necessary to prepare the future healthcare force to be prepared for this growth? A basic information of AI and its impact in practice, and its promise is desirable. The healthcare personnel need not know the intricacies of AI and its development. They should at least know how the AI is used, interpret, and explain its utility to the patients. When ethical issues like privacy and autonomy are involved, the students shall know the legal standing as well. The medical doctor is a team leader in the healthcare, and he needs to know the future trends and possibilities. While at the current undergraduate program, an introduction to AI in the form of electives are offered to introduce the concepts of AI, the postgraduate needs to know more of AI. Integration into the curriculum short courses in data science, informatics, importance of data entry at the point of care, ethical and legal implications along with the use and interpretation of AI in healthcare in their curriculum is essential. Continuing education programs, refresher courses and workshops in AI in virtual or physical mode to current practitioners are to be planned. There are two categories of doctors: those who need basic knowledge and those who show interest and wish to involve themselves in the promotion of AI in healthcare. The institutes shall identify the tech savvy faculty who can take the leadership and design a short course on computers, data and its importance and even assess the competence of the data entry at the point of care [79–82]. Certain published surveys [83, 84] indicate a mixed response from positive acceptance to totally negative fear.
