Sallam Malik, Salim Nesreen A, Barakat Muna, Al-Tammemi Ala'a B
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Department of Clinical Laboratories and Forensic Medicine, Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan.
Narra J. 2023 Apr;3(1):e103. doi: 10.52225/narra.v3i1.103. Epub 2023 Mar 29.
Since its public release in November 2022, ChatGPT has gained a widespread attention and received mixed responses in the academia. Promising applications of ChatGPT in university education has been suggested; however, several concerns were raised. The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate the pros and cons of ChatGPT use in medical, dental, pharmacy, and public health education. Based on expert panel discussion and review of the existing literature, specific and concise ChatGPT prompts were constructed and the responses were generated on 25 February 2023. Out data suggested that in medical education, ChatGPT benefits included the possibility of improving personalized learning, clinical reasoning and understanding of complex medical concepts. The benefits listed in the context of dental education included improved skills through step- by-step instructions and interactive content, with instant feedback on student techniques. In pharmacy education, the advantages included possible explanations of complex subjects and the deployment of interactive tools aiding to develop skills for patient counselling. In public health education, the listed benefits included providing explanations and case scenarios, besides improved skills in data analysis and literature review. The limitations listed based on ChatGPT-generated content were common across all of the investigated healthcare disciplines and included data privacy issues, risk of generating biased and inaccurate content, and the risk of deterioration of critical thinking and communication skills among healthcare students. The ChatGPT-generated content in the context of healthcare education was deemed partially helpful by the expert panel. However, several important points regarding the pros and cons of ChatGPT use in medical, dental, pharmacy and public health education were missed by ChatGPT- generated content including: the risk of plagiarism, copyright issues, the risk of academic dishonesty, and the lack of personal and emotional interactions necessary for developing proper communication skills in healthcare education. In conclusion, despite the promising prospects of ChatGPT in healthcare education, several drawbacks should be addressed with implementation of guidelines for proper use to ensure exploiting the benefits of this innovative technology.
自2022年11月公开发布以来，ChatGPT受到了广泛关注，并在学术界引发了不同反应。有人提出了ChatGPT在大学教育中的应用前景；然而，也引发了一些担忧。本描述性研究的目的是调查在医学、牙科、药学和公共卫生教育中使用ChatGPT的利弊。基于专家小组讨论和对现有文献的回顾，构建了具体且简洁的ChatGPT提示，并于2023年2月25日生成了相应回复。我们的数据表明，在医学教育中，ChatGPT的好处包括改善个性化学习、临床推理以及对复杂医学概念的理解。牙科教育方面列出的好处包括通过逐步指导和交互式内容提高技能，并对学生的技术提供即时反馈。在药学教育中，优势包括对复杂学科的可能解释以及部署交互式工具以帮助培养患者咨询技能。在公共卫生教育中，列出的好处包括提供解释和案例场景，以及提高数据分析和文献综述技能。基于ChatGPT生成的内容列出的局限性在所有调查的医疗保健学科中都很常见，包括数据隐私问题、生成有偏见和不准确内容的风险，以及医学生批判性思维和沟通技能退化的风险。专家小组认为ChatGPT在医疗保健教育背景下生成的内容有一定帮助。然而，ChatGPT生成的内容遗漏了一些关于在医学、牙科、药学和公共卫生教育中使用ChatGPT的利弊的重要要点，包括：抄袭风险、版权问题、学术不诚实风险，以及在医疗保健教育中培养适当沟通技能所需的个人和情感互动的缺乏。总之，尽管ChatGPT在医疗保健教育中有广阔前景，但应通过实施正确使用指南来解决一些缺点，以确保利用这一创新技术的好处。
