How medical students use ChatGPT?

Abstract

<bold>Background:</bold> AI-powered resources that can significantly change the education of medical students, by implementing into all studying programs. <bold>Objective:</bold> To investigate the prevalence of ChatGPT use by medical students for studying Internal medicine. <bold>Methods:</bold> We conducted an online survey of 477 students studying at the medical faculties of National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya, Ukraine in January 2024. The link to the survey was distributed among students via instant messaging apps’ groups and social media. <bold>Results:</bold> The average age of the students was 19.6±2.0 years, including 367 women (77%) and 110 men (23%). Students of all years of study took part in the survey. It was found that 77% of the respondents (n=368 persons) used ChatGPT while studying at the university. 91 students (19%) used ChatGPT while studying Internal medicine (including pulmonology). The most common tasks for ChatGPT were: assisting in preparing reports and presentations - 52.2% (n=249 persons); assisting in solving multiple choice questions - 42.6% (n=203 persons); clinical decision support - 21% (n=100 persons). 90.4% of respondents (n=431 students) stated that they want to study digital medicine at the university more. Only 29.6% of students (n=141 persons) were satisfied with the study of digital medical technologies at the university. <bold>Conclusion:</bold> The vast majority of medical students use ChatGPT during their studies at university. Almost every fifth medical student used this resource while studying Internal medicine. There is a huge demand from medical students for more studying digital medicine during their studies at the university.

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