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7 Futuristic Professions in Healthcare by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo
you’re among the thousands of medical students worldwide or are about to pursue a degree in healthcare, it might have dawned on you that the field wouldn’t look the same by the time you get into clinical practice. With drones delivering medical supplies ; an ever-increasing wealth of data from personal health sensors; and patients turning to telemedicine, the medical workplace will decidedly look different by then. But you also regularly hear news like how algorithms are able to beat radiologists to the punch when identifying cancerous lesions in medical images. These can fuel fear that such advanced technologies will put physicians out of their jobs. While the likes of artificial intelligence and robotics will indeed replace existing professions, it cannot be stressed enough that those same technologies will create new jobs. Consider how the automobile industry took over horse carriages in the early 20th century. Younger generations of horse carriage drivers did not lose their job by adapting to
the prevalent changes , and shifted to using
cars in their businesses. As such, it’s more accurate to say that those who don’t adopt those disruptive digital health technologies will be replaced by those who do so. So let’s see 7 of those new professions that are practical enough that people going into their careers could start specializing towards.
1. Deep learning expert: The algorithm trainer
From handling repetitive administrative tasks to uncovering clinical associations invisible to the human eye, A.I.’s prowess in healthcare is far-reaching. But paramount to employing competent algorithms is their efficient development. A.I. is all too often trained on medical data which are fraught with inherent biases; or developers use selected datasets not totally reflective of actual clinical environments. This is where a deep learning expert comes in: to ensure
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