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6Foundation Module · Unit 6 of 6
How Doctors Should Think With AI (Cognitive Framework)
Brings the module together into a usable cognitive framework — the Assist–Verify–Decide model — and sets out how to stratify clinical risk so AI is used where it helps and withheld where it does not.
5 recorded lectures 5 knowledge checks
What you will be able to do
On completing this unit.
- Explain why AI differs from every previous clinical tool in acting on cognition itself, and why unstructured use risks cognitive erosion and skill decay rather than mere inefficiency.
- Apply the Assist–Verify–Decide model: what AI is permitted to do, what verification actually requires of you, and where the decision and its accountability sit.
- Treat AI as a cognitive partner rather than an authority — generating ideas, structuring information, checking for errors — and counter the authority illusion with deliberate cognitive distance.
- Stratify AI use by clinical risk, from high reliance on low-risk tasks through verified use at moderate risk to dominant human judgment at high risk, defaulting conservatively whenever uncertain.
- Carry the framework into daily practice: ethics as the anchor, accountability as non-transferable, continuous learning, and leadership in teaching colleagues to use AI safely.
Assist. Verify. Decide.
Lectures in this unit
- 6AHow Doctors Should Think With AI (Cognitive Safety and Clinical Discipline)
- 6BThe Assist – Verify – Decide Model (Core Framework for Safe AI Use)
- 6CAI as a Thinking Partner (Defining the Physician-AI Relationship for Clinical Safety)
- 6DJudgment-Based AI Use (Stratifying Clinical Risk for Safe AI Integration)
- 6EThe AI-Augmented Physician (Integrating Technology While Preserving Clinical Authority)
This unit is part of the Foundation Module
Six units, 30 recorded lectures, about four hours. The Foundation Module is the entry requirement for every advanced module that follows.