Artificial intelligence in medicine: a scoping review of the risk of deskilling and loss of expertise among physicians

Synopsis

Cross-specialty scoping review citing concrete deskilling evidence — colonoscopy ADR dropping 28.4→22.4% after AI exposure, 12% rise in radiology false-positive recalls under erroneous AI prompts, >30% diagnostic reversals in pathology under time pressure — and recommending AI literacy, hybrid training, competence monitoring, and safeguards.

Keywords

·deskilling ·scoping review ·physicians ·AI medicine ·expertise erosion

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