Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Goodrick, Elizabeth

Abstract

The presence of artificial intelligence (AI) has incrementally increased in our lives since its introduction in the 1950s and has exponentially increased in the last decade. In medicine, AI holds the promise of providing complete panoramic views of a patient’s medical history, improving medical decision making, avoiding errors such as misdiagnosis and unnecessary procedures, interpretating tests and making treatment recommendations. In this study, I examine the influence of AI on decision-making behaviors and the changes to the professional institution of medicine. This paper links theories of institutional change and professions to further our understanding of the processes of change in response to emergent technology. Recognizing that the autonomy of decision making is central to the model of professional work, this study (1) shows how changes in decision-making processes are a driver of change in the institution of professions and (2) highlights how this impacts the professional role identity of health care providers which has implications for how medicine is taught and how diagnoses are made.

Extent

142 p.

Comments

Includes bibliography.|Dissertation (PhD)--Florida Atlantic University, 2023.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Includes bibliography.

Identifier

FA00014125

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