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Review
. 2023 Jan 10:10:1087174.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1087174. eCollection 2022.

Application of artificial intelligence to the public health education

Xueyan Wang  1 , Xiujing He  1 , Jiawei Wei  2 , Jianping Liu  3 , Yuanxi Li  1 , Xiaowei Liu  1
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Review

Application of artificial intelligence to the public health education

Xueyan Wang et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

With the global outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), public health has received unprecedented attention. The cultivation of emergency and compound professionals is the general trend through public health education. However, current public health education is limited to traditional teaching models that struggle to balance theory and practice. Fortunately, the development of artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the stage of intelligent cognition. The introduction of AI in education has opened a new era of computer-assisted education, which brought new possibilities for teaching and learning in public health education. AI-based on big data not only provides abundant resources for public health research and management but also brings convenience for students to obtain public health data and information, which is conducive to the construction of introductory professional courses for students. In this review, we elaborated on the current status and limitations of public health education, summarized the application of AI in public health practice, and further proposed a framework for how to integrate AI into public health education curriculum. With the rapid technological advancements, we believe that AI will revolutionize the education paradigm of public health and help respond to public health emergencies.

Keywords: algorithm; artificial intelligence; big data; curriculum; education; public health.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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