The generalist’s context advantage: why family physicians may be uniquely positioned for artificial intelligence-augmented clinical practice
Sang Hyun Ahn · 2026
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Sang Hyun Ahn proposes that family physicians hold a hidden advantage in the age of clinical artificial intelligence: context. AI tools now draft notes, suggest diagnoses, and support decisions. Their output quality depends heavily on the background a clinician feeds them. The field is also shifting, from clever prompting to systematic context engineering, a theme recent journal perspectives have raised.
A family doctor's ordinary work, Ahn argues, is exactly that: gathering histories, examining, and fusing symptoms, signs, and results into one longitudinal, whole-person picture across body, mind, and social circumstance. That breadth matches what AI systems lack. The essay frames context supply as a defining professional skill and generalists as its natural specialists.
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| CREATOR | Sang Hyun Ahn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 6856 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |