A Multicentre, Qualitative Evaluation of Australian and New Zealand Emergency Doctors’ Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine

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Background Artificial intelligence (AI) has become increasingly capable over the last decade. AI technologies are approaching or surpassing human abilities at complex tasks. Specifically, in healthcare, AI is approaching or surpassing human clinician ability in multiple narrow domains. Research on AI in medicine has been increasing worldwide and across almost all specialties. General public opinion has seen to be positive in a number of surveys, with the public expressing high hopes that AI could be used to improve healthcare. Interaction with AI technologies is likely to become an increasingly common aspect of healthcare for both patients and physicians. Despite these trends, there is no data regarding Australian and New Zealand emergency doctors’ knowledge, attitudes, and opinions towards AI in general and the use of AI in emergency medicine. Aim Assess Australian and New Zealand emergency doctors’ attitudes and knowledge towards AI in general and the use of AI in emergency medicine. Plan We will conduct voluntary semi-structured interviews with a representative sample of Australian and New Zealand emergency medicine doctors until thematic saturation is achieved. Participants will be recruited through the research teams’ personal networks, and through recruitment advertising through ACEM. We will continue interviews as required until we achieve appropriate representation of the emergency medicine workforce. We will undertake qualitative analysis on transcribed interviews to uncover attitudes and themes.

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