RCMI-CCRHD Program, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00934, Puerto Rico.
Department of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00934, Puerto Rico.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 3;20(3):2726. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032726.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) facilitate the creation of revolutionary medical techniques. Unfortunately, biases in current AI and ML approaches are perpetuating minority health inequity. One of the strategies to solve this problem is training a diverse workforce. For this reason, we created the course "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applied to Health Disparities Research (AIML + HDR)" which applied general Data Science (DS) approaches to health disparities research with an emphasis on Hispanic populations. Some technical topics covered included the Jupyter Notebook Framework, coding with R and Python to manipulate data, and ML libraries to create predictive models. Some health disparities topics covered included Electronic Health Records, Social Determinants of Health, and Bias in Data. As a result, the course was taught to 34 selected Hispanic participants and evaluated by a survey on a Likert scale (0-4). The surveys showed high satisfaction (more than 80% of participants agreed) regarding the course organization, activities, and covered topics. The students strongly agreed that the activities were relevant to the course and promoted their learning (3.71 ± 0.21). The students strongly agreed that the course was helpful for their professional development (3.76 ± 0.18). The open question was quantitatively analyzed and showed that seventy-five percent of the comments received from the participants confirmed their great satisfaction.
人工智能(AI)和机器学习(ML)促进了革命性医学技术的创造。不幸的是,当前 AI 和 ML 方法中的偏见正在加剧少数族裔健康不平等。解决这个问题的策略之一是培训多元化的劳动力。出于这个原因,我们创建了课程“应用于健康差异研究的人工智能和机器学习(AIML + HDR)”,该课程将一般数据科学(DS)方法应用于健康差异研究,重点关注西班牙裔人群。涵盖的一些技术主题包括 Jupyter Notebook 框架、使用 R 和 Python 进行数据操作以及创建预测模型的 ML 库。涵盖的一些健康差异主题包括电子健康记录、健康的社会决定因素和数据偏差。结果,该课程教授给 34 名选定的西班牙裔参与者,并通过李克特量表(0-4)进行了调查评估。调查显示,参与者对课程组织、活动和涵盖的主题非常满意(超过 80%的参与者表示同意)。学生强烈同意这些活动与课程相关,并促进了他们的学习(3.71 ± 0.21)。学生强烈同意该课程有助于他们的职业发展(3.76 ± 0.18)。对开放式问题进行了定量分析,结果表明,参与者的 75%的评论都证实了他们非常满意。
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