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A Competency Framework for Trainees Using Ambient AI Clinical Documentation: Shifting from Note Authoring to Editing

  • By

  • Yash Raka

  • Reed Van Deusen

  • Holly Wiberg

  • October 12, 2026

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    Ambient AI scribes reduce documentation time, with residents saving a mean of 94 minutes per 8-hour work period in a 5-center study.

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    Existing studies emphasize efficiency and workload but do not establish whether trainees detect errors in AI-generated notes or retain documentation-related reasoning.

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    AI-generated notes may be thorough and organized yet less accurate and internally consistent than physician-authored notes, with omissions the predominant error.

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    Independent note authoring supports clinical reasoning through prioritization, justification, and synthesis, whereas reviewing may encourage low-effort acceptance and automation bias.

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    The authors propose treating evaluation of AI-generated documentation as a teachable competency and using simulation to teach and assess it.

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From authoring to editing: a competency framework for trainee use of ambient AI clinical documentation

  • by Yash Raka, Reed Van Deusen, Holly Wiberg

  • October 12, 2026

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