Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/62779, first published .
Detecting Artificial Intelligence–Generated Versus Human-Written Medical Student Essays: Semirandomized Controlled Study

Detecting Artificial Intelligence–Generated Versus Human-Written Medical Student Essays: Semirandomized Controlled Study

Detecting Artificial Intelligence–Generated Versus Human-Written Medical Student Essays: Semirandomized Controlled Study

Berin Doru   1 ;   Christoph Maier   1 ;   Johanna Sophie Busse   1 ;   Thomas Lücke   1 ;   Judith Schönhoff   2 ;   Elena Enax- Krumova   3 ;   Steffen Hessler   4 ;   Maria Berger   5 * ;   Marianne Tokic   6 *

1 University Hospital of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

2 Departement of German Philology, General and Comparative Literary Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

3 Department of Neurology, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil gGmbH Bochum, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

4 German Department, German Linguistics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

5 German Department, Digital Forensic Linguistics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

6 Department for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Berin Doru
  • University Hospital of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital
  • Ruhr University Bochum
  • Alexandrinenstraße 5
  • Bochum, 44791
  • Germany
  • Phone: 49 234 509 2611
  • Email: Berin.Doru@rub.de