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Artificial intelligence algorithmic literacy: Gaining and deepening the artificial intelligence knowledge of global health workforce education in the Fifth Industrial Revolution

Seble Frehywot1* ,  Yianna Vovides2
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1 Department of Global Health and Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
2 Centers in New Design in Learning and Scholarship, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
AIH, 025420090 https://doi.org/10.36922/AIH025420090
Received: 19 October 2025 | Revised: 15 November 2025 | Accepted: 24 November 2025 | Published online: 5 December 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Technologies invented in the five industrial revolutions (IRs) have profoundly transformed Global Health Workforce Education (GHWFE), reshaping teaching methodologies, faculty approaches, and student learning. This article first reflects on the influence of technology on GHWFE from the first to the fourth IRs. Then, it focuses on the present, Fifth IR (5IR), the era of human-artificial intelligence (AI) centric collaboration, and the fact that the global health workforce educators are not trained for being nimble to utilize AI and its related technologies in 5IR. The manuscript envisions new directions for the future with the goal of establishing nimbler educators that acknowledge the benefits of interdisciplinary dialogue as a means of deepening AI knowledge and community. The article expands the AI algorithmic literacy framework and proposes a Human-AI Centric Workshop Series that moves global health workforce educators from awareness to knowledge, to applied innovation, and toward expertise in 5IR.

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Artificial intelligence
Fifth industrial revolution
Artificial intelligence algorithmic literacy
Global health workforce
Human-artificial intelligence centric education
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The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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