Geriatrician: AI made me a better doctor — but may be making trainees worse
zakkohane · x · 2026-09-26
A NYT op-ed by geriatrician Rachael Bedard argues AI already improves experienced physicians: she uses OpenEvidence for antibiotic choices, unusual bloodwork, and lung cancer treatment discussions, and it even reminded her to consider migraines in a dizzy patient.
- Her core worry is the contrast: seasoned doctors get better with AI while residents and students may lean on it too heavily
- The piece raises concern for medicine's phone-a-friend apprenticeship model
- Harvard's Zak Kohane shared it as an impressively non-average take on real AI use in practice
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