Abstract
The International Young Biomedical Laboratory Scientists Forum was held during the 68th JAMT congress in May 2019. This forum is the first project organized by the Young Professionals Internationalization Improvement Working Group, which was established by the Japan Association of Medical Technologists in 2018. We held discussions on telemedicine and artificial intelligence (AI) with the biomedical laboratory scientists (BLS) of Korea and Taiwan. Each country described the current situation and issues related to telemedicine and AI in advance. At the forum, we also discussed the future vision of telemedicine and BLS. As there are many common social elements in our three countries, such as declining birthrate, aging populations, and uneven distribution of medical workers, we considered the use of AI in the telemedicine field as an indispensable resource for solving these problems. However, many issues remain to be solved, such as the development of security and legal systems, and the definition of responsibility for medical errors caused by AI. Therefore, we agreed that it is desirable to acquire the knowledge necessary for information security and AI in the educational curriculum of BLS. Although there are few BLS active in the field of telemedicine, coexistence with AI and teaming up with experts outside the medical field will produce benefits for patients and medical staff, and further expand the possibility of BLS.
