AI-Induced Deskilling in Medicine: A Mixed-Method Review and Research Agenda for Healthcare and Beyond

Synopsis

Mixed-method literature review combining systematic and narrative synthesis of AI-induced deskilling across radiology, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, oncology, cardiology, and pathology. Catalogues consequences including poorer clinical reasoning, reluctance to give definitive assessments, and erosion of moral skills. Proposes a research agenda for cross-specialty and beyond-medicine extensions.

Keywords

·deskilling ·clinical judgment ·mixed-method review ·upskilling inhibition ·cross-specialty

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