TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tangadulrat, Pasin
AU  - Sono, Supinya
AU  - Tangtrakulwanich, Boonsin
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/22
TI  - Using ChatGPT for Clinical Practice and Medical Education: Cross-Sectional Survey of Medical Students’ and Physicians’ Perceptions
JO  - JMIR Med Educ
SP  - e50658
VL  - 9
KW  - ChatGPT
KW  - AI
KW  - artificial intelligence
KW  - medical education
KW  - medical students
KW  - student
KW  - students
KW  - intern
KW  - interns
KW  - resident
KW  - residents
KW  - knee osteoarthritis
KW  - survey
KW  - surveys
KW  - questionnaire
KW  - questionnaires
KW  - chatbot
KW  - chatbots
KW  - conversational agent
KW  - conversational agents
KW  - attitude
KW  - attitudes
KW  - opinion
KW  - opinions
KW  - perception
KW  - perceptions
KW  - perspective
KW  - perspectives
KW  - acceptance
AB  - Background: ChatGPT is a well-known large language model–based chatbot. It could be used in the medical field in many aspects. However, some physicians are still unfamiliar with ChatGPT and are concerned about its benefits and risks. Objective: We aim to evaluate the perception of physicians and medical students toward using ChatGPT in the medical field. Methods: A web-based questionnaire was sent to medical students, interns, residents, and attending staff with questions regarding their perception toward using ChatGPT in clinical practice and medical education. Participants were also asked to rate their perception of ChatGPT’s generated response about knee osteoarthritis. Results: Participants included 124 medical students, 46 interns, 37 residents, and 32 attending staff. After reading ChatGPT’s response, 132 of the 239 (55.2%) participants had a positive rating about using ChatGPT for clinical practice. The proportion of positive answers was significantly lower in graduated physicians (48/115, 42%) compared with medical students (84/124, 68%; P<.001). Participants listed a lack of a patient-specific treatment plan, updated evidence, and a language barrier as ChatGPT’s pitfalls. Regarding using ChatGPT for medical education, the proportion of positive responses was also significantly lower in graduate physicians (71/115, 62%) compared to medical students (103/124, 83.1%; P<.001). Participants were concerned that ChatGPT’s response was too superficial, might lack scientific evidence, and might need expert verification. Conclusions: Medical students generally had a positive perception of using ChatGPT for guiding treatment and medical education, whereas graduated doctors were more cautious in this regard. Nonetheless, both medical students and graduated doctors positively perceived using ChatGPT for creating patient educational materials. 
SN  - 2369-3762
UR  - https://mededu.jmir.org/2023/1/e50658
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/50658
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38133908
DO  - 10.2196/50658
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/50658
ER  -