Human Factors in Healthcare and AI.

Catalog description

This course explores the critical intersection of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) and artificial intelligence (AI) within the healthcare domain. It emphasizes the importance of a human-centered approach to designing, developing, and implementing AI solutions in healthcare settings. The course will delve into key HFE principles and methods, including cognitive workload management, usability, human-AI teaming, explainable AI (XAI), safety, ethics, and patient acceptance, and their application to a wide array of healthcare scenarios. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities presented by AI in healthcare and learn how to leverage HFE to create AI systems.