Meira Levy, Dikla Agur Cohen, Shahar Arnon, Inbar Levkovich
The decision-making and learning roles of a professional social network: The case of a family physicians' network
International journal of medical informatics
information systems based artificial intelligence ai increasingly spurred controversies among medical professionals start outperform medical experts tasks previously required complex human reasoning prior research contexts shown technological disruption result professional identity threats provoke negative attitudes resistance using technology however little known ai systems evoke professional identity threats medical professionals conditions actually provoke negative attitudes resistance aim study investigate medical professionals resistance ai understood professional identity threats temporal perceptions ai systems examines following two dimensions medical professional identity threat threats physicians expert status professional recognition threats physicians role autonomous care provider professional capabilities paper assesses whether professional identity threats predict resistance ai systems change importance conditions varying professional experience varying perceived temporal relevance ai systems conducted 2 webbased surveys 164 medical students 42 experienced physicians across different specialties participants provided vignette general medical ai system measured experienced identity threats resistance attitudes perceived temporal distance ai subsample collected additional data perceived identity enhancement gain better understanding participants perceived upcoming technological change beyond mere threat qualitative data coded content analysis quantitative data analyzed regression analyses threats professional recognition threats professional capabilities contributed perceived selfthreat resistance ai selfthreat negatively associated resistance threats professional capabilities directly affected resistance ai whereas effect threats professional recognition fully mediated selfthreat medical students experienced stronger identity threats resistance ai medical professionals temporal distance ai changed importance professional identity threats ai systems perceived relevant distant future effect threats professional capabilities weaker whereas effect threats professional recognition stronger effect threats remained robust including perceived identity enhancement results show distinct dimensions medical professional identity affected upcoming technological change ai findings demonstrate ai systems perceived threat medical professional identity threats professional recognition threats professional capabilities contribute resistance attitudes toward ai need considered implementation ai systems clinical practice