Teaching Radiologists for an AI-First World with Ali Tejani

Episode notes

Radiology education is at an inflection point. Dr. Ali Tejani joins Rethink Imaging to explore how artificial intelligence, digital learning, and changing trainee expectations are transforming how radiologists are trained. He argues that programs that fail to introduce AI education are doing trainees a disservice, not because radiologists must become engineers, but because they must understand how to safely, ethically, and effectively use AI in real clinical environments. Ali reflects on his journey into radiology, his early passion for teaching, and how frustration with fragmented AI learning resources led him to help build structured curricula and national training programs. He breaks down why modern learners gravitate toward case-based learning, flipped classrooms, podcasts, and social media and why education must be personalized rather than monolithic. The discussion also tackles harder questions: how to introduce AI early without deskilling trainees, how to create psychologically safe learning environments, and why educators must shift from “hot seat” teaching to collaborative peer learning.