Digital health literacy to enhance workforce skills and clinical effectiveness: A response to 'Digital health literacy: Helpful today, dependency tomorrow? Contingency planning in a digital age'

We respond to Pietris et al.'s letter to the editor,1 which focusses on the role of artificial intelligence (AI). Health literacy, dementia knowledge and perceived utility of digital health modalities among future health professionals.2 We thank them for their interest in our work and embarking on a productive debate. In reply, we provide a balanced perspective congruent with current health evidence. We agree that educating the future health workforce to critically appraise the use of technology, including AI, is important. Health students' curriculum includes understanding evidence-based practice and critically appraising scientific papers. Now, critical appraisal of technology (including AI) is prudent.