Identifying Barriers to the Safe Use of Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Clinical Decision-Making and Developing a Targeted Training Program for Emergency Physicians in Baghdad: A Mixed-Methods Study in a Private Hospital

Abstract Background: Artificial intelligence tools are being deployed in emergency departments quicker than systems of governance, training and validation can put in place to ensure their safe use. There is practically no evidence on the barriers experienced by emergency medicine practitioners in Iraq and there is no developed curriculum for AI safety training for those working in this specialty.

Objectives

The purpose of this study is to identify the barriers to safe application of AI in emergency clinical decision making encountered by doctors in a private clinic in Baghdad, and to develop, implement and assess training activities aimed at overcoming these barriers.