ICT&health August 2, 2024
AI-based chatbots can be a useful tool for medical students, albeit with significant limitations. The main benefits lie in helping with exam preparation and practice, according to research from the University of Western Ontario in using ChatGPT in diagnosis, published in the scientific journal Plos One. AI applications based on deep and machine learning have been used for years in medical diagnostics.
The reason for the study was that previous research showed how ChatGPT was able to answer biomedical and clinical questions on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) accurately, at a level that approached or exceeded the threshold. This study also showed that ChatGPT’s accuracy was characterized by a high density of insights, indicating its potential to generate...