
Figure 1. A conceptual model of human-AI integration in clinical medicine. This diagram presents a conceptual framework for understanding the complementary roles of AI and human expertise in clinical medicine. AI contributes speed, computational power, precision, and scalability, while human clinicians offer empathy, contextual insight, intuitive reasoning, and ethical judgment. Surrounding this core are eight key domains that reflect the multifaceted integration of AI into clinical workflows, including diagnosis, treatment, patient care, equity, ethics, collaboration, data integration, and global health. This model emphasizes that meaningful innovation in medicine emerges from collaboration, not replacement, between humans and machines. Some elements in this figure, including specific icons and biological illustrations, were created using BioRender (BioRender.com). AI: artificial intelligence.