The 12-week online orientation course on AI for medical professionals will equip medical professionals with the requisite skills to understand, evaluate, and apply AI technologies in clinical settings
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) has launched an online course on 'AI for Medical Professionals', in collaboration with the National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS), an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, and IHub-Data.
The 12-week online orientation course on AI for medical professionals will equip medical professionals with the requisite skills to understand, evaluate, and apply AI technologies in clinical settings, improving patient care and operational efficiency.
Prof Abhay Karandikar, Secretary of DST; Dr Shiv Kumar Sarin, President of NAMS; and Prof PJ Narayanan, Director, IIIT Hyderabad launched this first-of-its-kind course virtually.
Prof Narayanan said, "IIITH is proud to partner with NAMS on this initiative. As the top-ranking institute in AI research in India, we feel it's imperative to share our expertise in making AI more accessible to the medical fraternity, not only to provide useful and rare AI insights to medical professionals, but to enhance their judgments and diagnosis, but also in modern drug discovery."
Prof Shiv Kumar Sarin, President, NAMS, said, "This AI course will enable medical professionals to understand and use transformative technologies like AI in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Medicine is both an art and a science, the competencies of doctors and engineers can be pooled to develop AI-supported solutions in medicine. I am sure over some time, such a programme will become an integral part of the medical curriculum, and medical students will be able to understand and use AI technologies in healthcare."
Dr Karandikar said, "We need supportive technologies like AI, to help doctors extend healthcare to a larger population, especially in rural areas. Engineers and doctors need to work together to ensure solutions that will benefit society at large. This course is a step in the right direction."