AI Foundations and Applications for Emerging Digital Healthcare Leaders

Summary

AI Foundations and Applications for Emerging Digital Healthcare Leaders is a self-paced, online course for healthcare professionals seeking greater understandings of AI technologies in their professional contexts. Through video lectures, animated videos, readings, and interactive materials, internationally recognized Mayo Clinic faculty will review foundational terminology and concepts, provide example use cases of AI technologies in healthcare, and engage in critical questions we ask as critical consumers and responsible users of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Upon successful completion of the program, learners earn a certificate of completion.

Access to this online course is available from the date of purchase until it expires on 12/31/2025.

Four modules organize the content into short lessons that busy professionals can complete:

1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Fundamentals: How do artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies work and how are they used in healthcare?
2. Large Language Models Fundamentals: What are important considerations for using large language models in the context of healthcare?
3. Computational Thinking, Healthcare, and Machine Learning: What are the various types of healthcare data used in these technologies? How do various model types use different types of data?
4. Evaluating Machine Learning Model Accuracy: What questions can we ask vendors and subject matter experts to critically evaluate a model's performance?

After completing the course, learners will be able to:

• Define artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies;
• Identify example use cases of these technologies in healthcare; and
• Critically evaluate if the accuracy of a machine learning model is adequate for an intended use case.

Technical Requirements

• Computer with internet access
• Speaker or headset
• Web browser

This introductory course is designed for healthcare administrators and clinicians seeking to learn more about varied technologies referred to as "AI" and how such technologies are used to advance healthcare. The knowledge gained here will lay the foundation for those seeking to become critical consumers and responsible users of such technologies in their professional contexts.