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. 2025 May 21:8:1571527.
doi: 10.3389/frai.2025.1571527. eCollection 2025.

Critical thinking in the age of generative AI: implications for health sciences education

Waqar M Naqvi  1 , Rohini Ganjoo  2 , Michael Rowe  3 , Aishwarya A Pashine  4 , Gaurav V Mishra  5
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Critical thinking in the age of generative AI: implications for health sciences education

Waqar M Naqvi et al. Front Artif Intell. .
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Keywords: augmented intelligence; cognitive capacity; critical thinking; generative artificial intelligence; healthcare sciences; large language models.

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A four-level staircase diagram illustrates GenAI augmented clinical decision-making process. Step 1 (Data Input) shows GenAI collecting and analyzing patient data. Step 2 (Decision Support) highlights GenAI generating diagnoses and treatment recommendations. Step 3 (Human Validation) represents clinicians reviewing and validating AI outputs. Step 4 (Outcome Feedback) features GenAI feedback on decision accuracy. Each level is color-coded and accompanied by icons representing its function.
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GenAI augmented clinical decision-making.
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