Does AI Erode or Enhance Medical Student Cognition?

A look at the tension between cognitive atrophy and augmented intelligence in recent literature

This week we are tackling the one of the most persistent anxieties in modern medical education, which is the fear that generative artificial intelligence will act as a cognitive crutch and slowly erode the critical thinking abilities of our future doctors.

The literature this week offers a fascinating split screen on this issue. While new medical educat…