Contribution: Oujda opens the debate on training doctors with AI

Round table: Can artificial intelligence enrich medical training while preserving the judgment autonomy of future practitioners? This question will be at the heart of a round table organised on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 5 p.m., in the Al Farissi hall of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine of Oujda, as part of the university diploma “AI in Health”. Dr. Mahjoub ABDEDDAÏMMédical specialist in RheumatologyEthics, AI & Health, Oujda “Training doctors with AI: pedagogical progress or intellectual dependence?” The announced theme poses a question that goes beyond mastering a digital tool: what place should be given to artificial intelligence in the construction of medical reasoning? For teachers as well as students, the challenge is to know how to integrate this assistance without weakening the effort of understanding and the ability to decide. Explanation of a complex notion, discussion around a clinical case, help in structuring knowledge: the pedagogical possibilities invite us to explore new ways of learning. But they also raise a question: when an answer is immediately available, how can we ensure that the student understands its foundations, identifies its limits, and knows how to discuss it? The quality of learning is also measured by what the student is still capable of doing independently. The debate thus concerns the way of teaching and evaluating. What place should be reserved for work without assistance? How to assess personal reasoning when tools can contribute to its formulation? And how to train future doctors to verify the information provided, recognise uncertainty, and confront an answer with the singularity of a patient? These questions give full scope to the theme of the meeting. The poster announces the participation of Prof. Khalid Serraj Andaloussi, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dental Medicine of Oujda, and Prof. Intissar Haddiya, higher education professor and director of the DU “AI in Health”. Their presence places this reflection within the scope of university training and its evolution. Prof. Aawatif Hayar, professor at UM6P and UH2C, former Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family, and Prof. Ihsane Hmamouchi, rheumatologist, clinical epidemiologist and vice-dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the International University of Rabat, are also among the speakers. Prof. Hassan Ghazal, president of the Moroccan Society of Telemedicine and eHealth, and Prof. Az-Eddine Bennani, expert in artificial intelligence and digital governance, complete this panel. The diversity of these profiles opens the way for a discussion combining pedagogy, clinical practice, and digital governance. It invites us to examine the conditions for using AI that are compatible with the requirements of medical training: understanding the tools, knowing how to question their results, and maintaining responsibility for one's reasoning. In Oujda, this round table will offer an opportunity to discuss a concrete issue for medical faculties: how to train practitioners capable of working with artificial intelligence while developing their own judgment? A reflection whose scope also concerns patients, in whose name the quality of caregiver training is built. Receive the latest news from Aujourd'hui Le Maroc directly on WhatsApp