The essential position.
WHAT AI CAN GENUINELY ASSIST WITH
Administrative burden: notes, letters, summaries, coding
Literature searching and summarising Patient education material, reviewed before use Scheduling and workflow Flagging findings for clinician review
WHAT IT MUST NOT DO
Diagnose Decide treatment Replace clinical examination Substitute for clinical judgement Communicate with patients unsupervised
WHY
A language model produces plausible text. In medicine, plausible and wrong is dangerous.
It does not know the patient in front of you, cannot examine, and cannot be accountable.
THE ACCOUNTABILITY POSITION
The clinician remains responsible for every decision.
A system cannot hold a duty of care. You can.
WHERE THE REAL BENEFIT IS
Administration. Clinicians spend substantial time on documentation that AI can genuinely reduce.
That returns time to patients, which is the point.
WHAT THIS SECTION ASSUMES
That you are a qualified professional using AI within your scope of practice, and that local regulation and your professional body's guidance take precedence over anything here.
