Herzhoff, who was attending the India AI Impact Summit 2026 from February 16-20, reflected on a 2025 study in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal and said that de-skilling happens when clinicians don’t apply critical thinking and rely on “that little answer chunk” before moving to the next patient.
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Critical thinking, not reliance on AI, will protect against de-skilling: Elsevier’s Jan Herzhoff
February 21, 2026Herzhoff, who was attending the India AI Impact Summit 2026 from February 16-20, reflected on a 2025 study in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology journal and said that de-skilling happens when clinicians don’t apply critical thinking and rely on “that little answer chunk” before moving to the next patient.