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Review looks at how AI could help plan, deliver and assess radiology training

Study title: Advancing Radiology Education with Artificial Intelligence: Curriculum Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation

This 2026 RadioGraphics review examines how artificial intelligence, especially generative models, could be applied across radiology education from curriculum planning to implementation and evaluation using Harden's 10-step framework.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly integrating into clinical radiology, creating a continuous emphasis on the necessity of teaching its principles to radiology trainees. However, the potential of AI to transform radiology education remains underexplored. The authors review how AI can be leveraged to enhance radiology education, from curriculum planning to its implementation and evaluation. Guided by Harden's 10-step framework for curriculum development, they systematically examine current and potential futu…

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Advancing Radiology Education with Artificial Intelligence: Curriculum Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
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In brief

It matters because radiology training must prepare residents for clinical AI integration, yet evidence for educational effectiveness, cost, and governance remains limited, leaving uncertainty about which low-risk applications build capacity without introducing bias or privacy harms.

Main points

  1. Review was guided by Harden's 10-step framework for curriculum development to examine AI applications at each stage.
  2. Described AI uses include automating needs assessments through natural language processing of learner feedback and streamlining assessments with objective report-comparison tools.
  3. Authors recommend radiology programs start with low-risk applications to build institutional capacity for an AI-integrated future.

The gain

Generative AI can personalize radiology trainee learning pathways and generate synthetic imaging cases and board-style questions to augment curriculum planning and assessment.

The problem

Implementing AI in radiology education is constrained by high costs, rapid pace of technological change, and risks of bias, error, and data privacy violations.

The rundown

The authors systematically mapped AI, particularly generative models, onto Harden's 10-step curriculum framework, citing examples such as NLP of learner feedback for needs assessment and immersive simulations for teaching.

They also noted program management benefits like automating administrative tasks, while warning that costs, fast-changing technology, bias, and privacy issues require a strategic, pragmatic adoption approach starting with low-risk uses.

What this doesn’t fix

High implementation costs, rapid technological change, AI bias and error, and data privacy concerns limit adoption in radiology education programs.

Sources

  1. Peer-reviewedRadioGraphics2026-08-01

The debate