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Published on in Vol 12 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/82885, first published .
ChatGPT versus UpToDate in Preclinical Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Analysis Using Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency Cosine Similarity

ChatGPT versus UpToDate in Preclinical Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Analysis Using Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency Cosine Similarity

ChatGPT versus UpToDate in Preclinical Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Analysis Using Term Frequency–Inverse Document Frequency Cosine Similarity

Shankar S Thiru   1 , BS ;   Nicholas E Aksu   2 , MD ;   Matthew Chiang   3 , BS ;   Daniel O Gallagher   4 , MD ;   Mary Furlong   5 , MD ;   Elizabeth R Prevou   6 , DMSc ;   Akhil Jay Khanna   2 , MD

1 Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States

2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, United States

3 DataChat Inc., Madison, WI, United States

4 Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, United States

5 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, United States

6 The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Shankar S Thiru, BS
  • Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • 3800 Reservoir Rd
  • Washington, DC 20007
  • United States
  • Email: shankar.thiru47@gmail.com