What is it about?
This article provides a balanced perspective on the use of ChatGPT in medical education. It explores the benefits for students, such as personalized learning and patient scenario simulations. However, it also highlights risks like misinformation and ethical concerns of over-reliance on AI. The authors advocate responsible integration, with oversight and curation from educators, to maximize ChatGPT's advantages while upholding academic integrity and core medical values. Overall, this is a thoughtful analysis of ChatGPT's implications in medical school, weighing the pros and cons to extract meaningful insights for the future of AI in healthcare education and practice.
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Why is it important?
This article provides crucial perspective on ChatGPT's emerging role in medical education. As this AI technology becomes increasingly ubiquitous, students and educators must understand its potential benefits and pitfalls. Thoughtful analysis of ChatGPT's pros and cons will empower stakeholders to make informed decisions about its integration. Given ChatGPT's transformative capabilities, reflecting carefully on its impacts is vital for promoting responsible use while safeguarding academic integrity and quality healthcare training. By weighing all facets of ChatGPT in medical school, this article offers pivotal insights to guide adoption strategies that maximize the advantages and mitigate the risks. Its balanced viewpoint equips educators and learners to harness AI for enhanced medical education while upholding ethics and humanistic values that society expects from future physicians.
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In this article, I felt it imperative to provide a balanced, nuanced perspective on ChatGPT's growing role in medical education. Having witnessed firsthand the awe and enthusiasm students exhibit for this technology, I understand its vast potential as a learning tool. I personally use ChatGPT and similar large language models daily. However, I have also observed concerning behaviors, like plagiarism or withdrawn interpersonal skills, that reveal ChatGPT's unintended consequences. My goal was to acknowledge both sides in an objective manner. The enthusiastic student in me sees ChatGPT's possibilities to enhance education through personalized instruction and experiential learning. But the seasoned educator in me knows that such a disruptive technology could also impair the humanistic values at the heart of medicine without oversight and structure. That is why I strived to offer pragmatic solutions. My hope is that this article will provide medical schools with a framework for integrating ChatGPT responsibly, allowing students to benefit from its capabilities while also developing the well-rounded critical thinking, ethics, and teamwork that society expects from its future doctors. I believe with careful guidance, ChatGPT can empower students without compromising the integrity of medical education.
Thomas F Heston MD
University of Washington
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This page is a summary of: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of ChatGPT in Medical Education, SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2023, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4532671.
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