Developing medical artificial intelligence leaders: International university consortium approach

Machine learning applications are increasingly used in medicine. The demand for ‘augmented doctors,’1 or ‘enhanced physicians’, that is, physicians capitalising rather than opposing incoming technology, has been recognised. However, teaching medical Artificial Intelligence is challenging, especially in already oversaturated medical curricula with most medical schools lacking Artificial Intelligence expertise. To help medical students become ‘augmented doctors’, an international collaborative educational project, the GAME-TEI (Global Alliance of Medical Excellence–Transnational Educational Initiative) (https://www.game-med.net/tei), planned its ‘summer school’ themed Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Medical Education at the University of Bologna, Italy in July 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a rapid transformation into an online course involving medical students from nine countries.