DU Rolls Out Online AI in Health Sciences Certificate: 50 Seats for Tech-Savvy Doctors

In a bid to provide technology driven skills to medical and life science professionals, the University of Delhi (DU) on Wednesday unveiled an online certificate course titled "Application of Artificial Intelligence in Health Sciences".

The course was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University, Prof. Yogesh Singh, who stressed preparing healthcare professionals for a future where artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies would be dominant. Prof. Singh said that the medical profession is being radically altered by technological changes, and educational institutions must take the lead in adapting to these changes.

Apart from clinical knowledge, future doctors will have to be well versed with the latest technologies such as AI, data analytics, and machine learning, Prof. Singh remarked, citing the universities' role in producing future, ready, tech, savvy medical graduates.

The certificate course delivered entirely online has been developed with a strong eye on the real, life applications of AI in health sciences, which cover among others, diagnostics, disease prediction, medical imaging, and healthcare data management. The programme is expected to facilitate the upskilling of doctors, researchers, healthcare professionals, as well as life science graduates, who are interested in the sector where medicine meets technology.

The university representative explained that the course is a great example of how DU is moving towards interdisciplinary and skill, based education, which is one of the main features of the world's most current trends in the healthcare and biomedical research sectors. By the combination of AI and health sciences, the university intends to lessen the gap between medical knowledge and technological innovation, thus, equipping professionals to be able to handle the needs of the modern healthcare systems.

The program is timed right with how more and more AI, based solutions are being integrated in hospitals, research institutions, and public health programs both in India and worldwide.