AI in Health Care

Course Overview
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a buzzword and is the considered the "big thing" in health care. It is touted as holding tremendous promise in health and mental healthcare systems. In general, many healthcare and mental health professionals are not familiar with AI, are distrustful of AI, or may be skeptical of its application in health and mental health care. The purpose of the course is to familiarize participants with AI and its potential applications in health and mental health care. The merits and limitations of AI will be reviewed as well as factors that will aid in facilitating and impeding the integration of AI in service delivery. Ethical concerns will be reviewed as well.

Learning Outcomes 
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:

• Outline the development and potential uses of AI in the context of health and mental health.
• Outline practice considerations related to AI use, including barriers, limitations, ethical concerns, and collaboration.
• Assess the limitations and the barriers of AI in day-to-day practice for providers.
• Explain ethical concerns of the use of AI in health and mental health care.
• Discuss collaborations between AI and practitioners.

About the Author/Presenter 
Alice Yick Flanagan, PhD, MSW, received her Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University, School of Social Work. She has clinical experience in mental health in correctional settings, psychiatric hospitals, and community health centers. In 1997, she received her PhD from UCLA, School of Public Policy and Social Research. Dr. Yick Flanagan completed a year-long post-doctoral fellowship at Hunter College, School of Social Work in 1999. In that year she taught the course Research Methods and Violence Against Women to Masters degree students, as well as conducting qualitative research studies on death and dying in Chinese American families.
Previously acting as a faculty member at Capella University and Northcentral University, Dr. Yick Flanagan is currently a contributing faculty member at Walden University, School of Social Work, and a dissertation chair at Grand Canyon University, College of Doctoral Studies, working with Industrial Organizational Psychology doctoral students. She also serves as a consultant/subject matter expert for the New York City Board of Education and publishing companies for online curriculum development, developing practice MCAT questions in the area of psychology and sociology. Her research focus is on the area of culture and mental health in ethnic minority communities.

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals 
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE 
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details): 
Counselor, Dental AGD Code: 550, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physician, Psychology, Social Work

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