AI literacy starts at the bedside: a call for grassroots and reflective approaches in medical education

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  • Austin Solak Western University
  • Urmi Sheth McMaster University
  • Ragav Chona University of Toronto
  • Allie Jones Northern Ontario School of Medicine
  • Nikoo Aghaei Queen's University
  • Ricky Hu University of British Columbia

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https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.81537

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2025-08-21

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Solak A, Sheth U, Chona R, Jones A, Aghaei N, Hu R. AI literacy starts at the bedside: a call for grassroots and reflective approaches in medical education. Can. Med. Ed. J [Internet]. 2025 Aug. 21 [cited 2025 Dec. 4];. Available from: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cmej/article/view/81537

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