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This systematic review summarizes the current evidence on the impact, student readiness, and various ethical challenges and barriers of integration of AI into the medical curriculum.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and searched published articles in PubMed and Google Scholar from 2020 to 2025. The search yielded 19,777 articles, from which 11 studies focusing on Indian medical students were selected. The findings of these studies were analyzed using Laurillard\u2019s six learning modes to gain a comprehensive pedagogical understanding.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Result<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study revealed a significant finding: while high awareness and positive perception towards AI have been shown by Indian medical students, most of the students lack formal training. These selected studies show that the students mostly use generative AI for clearing doubts, making assignments, and self-directed learning, shifting from the \u2018Acquisition\u2019 to \u2018Inquiry\u2019 and \u2018Production\u2019 modes of Laurillard\u2019s learning. Comparative Analysis showed that GenAI tools outperform students on standard exams, thus showing their potential. However, certain challenges also exist, including the risk of misinformation, over-reliance, potential decrease in critical thinking, and ethical concerns of data privacy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Indian medical students are enthusiastically adopting GenAI, but their engagement is mostly unstructured and informal. A significant gap exists between the readiness of the students and the medical institutions. To maximize the potential use of GenAI, our institutions have to develop a structured curriculum, invest in faculty training, and establish ethical guidelines. Teamwork between policymakers, educators, and researchers is the need of the hour so that our future physicians will be ready to integrate AI-enabled healthcare.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Syestematic review registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:ext-link>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17605\/OSF.IO\/2MJVK<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/frai.2025.1704785","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,17]],"date-time":"2025-12-17T06:43:08Z","timestamp":1765953788000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Impact of generative AI in medical education in India: a systematic review"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"8","author":[{"given":"Azfar","family":"Mateen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Visesh","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Ajay Kumar","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Berendra","family":"Yadav","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Mala","family":"Mahto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Atiq","family":"Hassan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Nazim","family":"Nasir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e48291","DOI":"10.2196\/48291","article-title":"Large language models in medical education: opportunities, challenges, and future directions","volume":"9","author":"Abd-Alrazaq","year":"2023","journal-title":"JMIR Med. 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