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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health

Sec. Digital Public Health

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1639333

This article is part of the Research TopicEthical and Legal Implications of Artificial Intelligence in Public Health: Balancing Innovation and PrivacyView all 10 articles

The impact of an artificial intelligence enhancement program on healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, and workplace flourishing

Provisionally accepted
Hanaa  A NofalHanaa A Nofal1,2*Amal  E. MohamedAmal E. Mohamed1,2Noura  AlmadaniNoura Almadani3*Rasha  MahfouzRasha Mahfouz3*Hibah  Abdulrahim BahriHibah Abdulrahim Bahri3Hossam  Tharwat AliHossam Tharwat Ali4Dina  S ElrafeyDina S Elrafey1,2
  • 1Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
  • 2community medicine and Public health department, Zagazig, Egypt
  • 3College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • 4South Valley University Faculty of Medicine, Qena, Egypt

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The integration of AI into healthcare influences healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, and workplace flourishing, grounded in key theoretical frameworks. Social cognitive theory suggests AI-enhanced programs may shape knowledge acquisition and decision-making. The Theory of Planned Behavior helps explain how perceptions of AI affect professional attitudes. Meanwhile, workplace flourishing aligns with positive organizational psychology, emphasizing autonomy and engagement factors potentially impacted by AI adoption. We aimed to examine the impact of artificial intelligence enhancement programs on the knowledge, attitudes, and workplace flourishing of healthcare providers. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental study conducted on healthcare providers at Zagazig University Hospital. The data was gathered using a self-administered three-domain tool, including an artificial intelligence knowledge domain, general attitudes toward artificial intelligence domain, and a workplace flourishing domain. Results: Regarding the artificial intelligence technologies knowledge, attitude, and flourishing at work scales, post-intervention scores of all domains showed a statistically significant increase compared to pre-intervention, with a percent increase in knowledge score, attitude, and flourishing at work score were 123.14%, 74.28%, and 10.63%, respectively. Post-intervention attitude score was significantly positively correlated with knowledge score (p =0.001). In addition, age and years of experience were negatively correlated with changes in knowledge and attitude. Conclusions: Artificial intelligence training is essential for enhancing healthcare providers' knowledge and alleviating their concerns regarding its integration into healthcare. The study was registered in the Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR202403647083094)-date of Registration: 28/03/2024.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, Healthcare provider, knowledge, Attitude, Workplace

Received: 01 Jun 2025; Accepted: 21 Jul 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Nofal, Mohamed, Almadani, Mahfouz, Bahri, Ali and Elrafey. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence:
Hanaa A Nofal, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Noura Almadani, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Rasha Mahfouz, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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