Department of Neuroradiology, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Front Public Health. 2021 Dec 24;9:795284. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.795284. eCollection 2021.
The emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) will probably affect the practice for the next generation of doctors. However, the students' views on AI have not been largely investigated. An anonymous electronic survey on AI was designed for medical and dental students to explore: (1) sources of information about AI, (2) AI applications and concerns, (3) AI status as a topic in medicine, and (4) students' feelings and attitudes. The questionnaire was advertised on social media platforms in 2020. Security measures were employed to prevent fraudulent responses. Mann-Whitney -test was employed for all comparisons. A sensitivity analysis was also performed by binarizing responses to express disagreement and agreement using the Chi-squared test. Three thousand one hundred thirty-three respondents from 63 countries from all continents were included. Most respondents reported having at least a moderate understanding of the technologies underpinning AI and of their current application, with higher agreement associated with being male ( < 0.0001), tech-savvy ( < 0.0001), pre-clinical student ( < 0.006), and from a developed country ( < 0.04). Students perceive AI as a partner rather than a competitor (72.2%) with a higher agreement for medical students ( = 0.002). The belief that AI will revolutionize medicine and dentistry (83.9%) with greater agreement for students from a developed country ( = 0.0004) was noted. Most students agree that the AI developments will make medicine and dentistry more exciting (69.9%), that AI shall be part of the medical training (85.6%) and they are eager to incorporate AI in their future practice (99%). Currently, AI is a hot topic in medicine and dentistry. Students have a basic understanding of AI principles, a positive attitude toward AI and would like to have it incorporated into their training.
人工智能（AI）这一新兴领域可能会影响下一代医生的实践。然而，学生对 AI 的看法尚未得到广泛调查。我们设计了一份针对医学生和牙科学的匿名电子调查问卷，以探索：（1）学生获取 AI 相关信息的渠道，（2）AI 的应用和关注点，（3）AI 在医学领域的地位，以及（4）学生对 AI 的感受和态度。该问卷于 2020 年在社交媒体平台上发布。采取了安全措施来防止欺诈性回复。所有比较均采用 Mann-Whitney -test。还进行了敏感性分析，通过二项式将反应表达为不同意和同意，使用卡方检验。共纳入来自六大洲 63 个国家的 3133 名受访者。大多数受访者报告说对 AI 背后的技术及其当前应用有至少中等程度的理解，且男性（ < 0.0001）、精通科技（ < 0.0001）、预科生（ < 0.006）和来自发达国家的学生（ < 0.04）的认同度更高。学生将 AI 视为合作伙伴而非竞争对手（72.2%），医学生的认同度更高（ = 0.002）。大多数学生认为 AI 将彻底改变医学和牙科（83.9%），来自发达国家的学生的认同度更高（ = 0.0004）。大多数学生认为 AI 的发展将使医学和牙科更令人兴奋（69.9%），AI 将成为医学培训的一部分（85.6%），他们渴望在未来的实践中加入 AI（99%）。目前，AI 是医学和牙科领域的热门话题。学生对 AI 原则有基本的了解，对 AI 持积极态度，并希望将其纳入培训。
