The Role of Large Language Models in Medical Education: Applications and Implications

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have sparked extensive discourse within the medical education community, spurring both excitement and apprehension. Written from the perspective of medical students, this editorial offers insights gleaned through immersive interactions with ChatGPT, contextualized by ongoing research into the imminent role of LLMs in health care. Three distinct positive use cases for ChatGPT were identified: facilitating differential diagnosis brainstorming, providing interactive practice cases, and aiding in multiple-choice question review. These use cases can effectively help students learn foundational medical knowledge during the preclinical curriculum while reinforcing the…

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  Yale University
• NI
  National Institutes of Health

  Awards: T35HL007649, T35DK104689, T32GM136651
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  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

  Award: T35HL007649
• NI
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  Award: T32GM136651
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  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

  Award: T35DK104689