# Exploring Physicians' Willingness to Integrate Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Practice: Ethical and Practical Insights From a Jordanian Cross‐Sectional Survey

## TL;DR

This study examines Jordanian physicians' willingness to use AI in clinical practice and highlights their ethical and practical concerns.

## Contribution

The study provides region-specific insights into Jordanian physicians' attitudes toward AI in healthcare.

## Key findings

- Around 50.8% of physicians expressed openness to using AI tools in clinical practice.
- Physicians with prior AI experience and younger age were more willing to adopt AI.
- Major concerns included managing complex cases, patient relationships, and unclear accountability for AI errors.

## Abstract

This study explored the practical perspectives of healthcare professionals in Jordan regarding integrating artificial intelligence (AI) tools into clinical practice and describes their concerns about AI's ethical implications.

The study utilized a cross‐sectional, questionnaire‐based survey that was conducted with employed physicians in Jordan from April through September 2025. The survey used a validated instrument to assess the participants' AI experience, willingness to adopt AI, practical and ethical concerns associated with AI, and support for the recommended actions. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression.

In this study, 297 physicians participated (median age = 36.0; IQR = 19.0). Around 72% of the participants (n = 214) reported having prior experience with AI, while 50.8% (n = 151) expressed an openness to using AI tools in their clinical practice. Physician concerns about AI included a lack of ability to manage complex cases (n = 216, 72.8%), jeopardizing the physician–patient relationship (n = 204, 68.7%), and diminishing their cognitive ability (n = 210, 70.7%). Other ethical concerns included cultural differences (n = 213, 71.7%), and unclear accountabilities for any errors resulting from using AI (n = 209, 70.4%). Physicians who reported being more willing to adopt AI tools had significantly shorter median ages (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 0.971, p = 03) and had prior experience with AI (AOR = 0.262, p < 001) and had daily patient case loads of at least 10 patients (AOR = 1.895, p = 05).

While Jordanian physicians recognize AI's benefits, they express significant ethical, practical, and contextual concerns. This study highlights the unique concerns of Jordanian physicians, which differ from those in other countries, and underscores the need for region‐specific policies addressing training, cultural adaptation, and regulation to support AI integration in clinical practice.