SCCM Resource Library-AI in Critical Care Education: Balancing Ethics and Effectiveness

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The Summer 2025 issue of CriticalConnections highlights the growing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming critical care education and clinical practice. At the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2025 Congress, roundtable discussions explored how AI tools can personalize and enhance critical care training while emphasizing the importance of responsible use and ethical safeguards.<br /><br />AI offers innovative educational opportunities, such as tailoring feedback, simulating patient encounters, aiding content creation, and improving efficiency for both learners and educators. However, experts warn that AI outputs are not authoritative and can contain biases and inaccuracies. Clinicians and educators must emphasize critical thinking, accountability, and cross-checking of AI-generated information, especially in high-stakes patient care decisions.<br /><br />Educators like Dr. Kaitlin M. Alexander advocate integrating AI into training with explicit teaching about AI’s limitations and encouraging learners to verify references using primary literature rather than relying solely on generative AI tools like ChatGPT. Similarly, Dr. Rahul Damania underscores the importance of designing clear prompts and maintaining personal authorship and voice in AI-assisted writing.<br /><br />AI’s adoption reflects a shift toward competency-based learning, and institutions are encouraged to develop consensus guidelines and competency frameworks on AI use to avoid equity gaps in access. Despite AI’s potential to accelerate knowledge acquisition and support clinical reasoning, human oversight remains essential as AI cannot fully grasp the nuanced complexity of individual patient care.<br /><br />Overall, the Congress highlighted AI as a powerful adjunct to clinical education that, when paired with clinician expertise and critical reflection, can advance critical care practice. The integration of AI tools must be balanced with ethical considerations and a continued focus on developing clinicians’ judgment and responsibility.

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Professional Development and Education, 2025, 00:08:35

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"This article was first published in the Summer 2025 issue of Critical Connections.

Two roundtables (informal small-group discussions) at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s 2025 Critical Care Congress featured discussions on AI and healthcare education. While AI is opening exciting new doors in critical care education and training, the roundtable participants discussed how clear safeguards are required for responsible and effective use of AI.

Critical Connections, the critical care industry’s only newsmagazine, provides information on cutting-edge topics in critical care useful to the entire multiprofessional team."

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