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- Medical Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Artificial Intelligence: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Medical Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Artificial Intelligence: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Authors : Amber Eker, Ahmet Asım Çalişkan, Aysel Zorali, Bensu Kaynak, Mehmet Erhan Derin
Pages : 41-51
Doi:10.25282/ted.1292846
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Publication Date : 2023-12-31
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Aim: Artificial intelligence (AI) may be explained as robotic systems that are made by humans. These robotic systems are designed based on statistics and used for executing functions of human-like behavior. AI has the potential to improve medicine and healthcare. AI is used in medical fields such as surgical areas and medical education. In the future, it will play a larger role in the field of medicine, as it does in many other fields. However, it is not discussed enough in today\'s medical education. The purpose of this study was to analyze the knowledge and attitude of medical students about AI in medicine. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among all the medical students in the international joint medical program of Eastern Mediterranean University carried out with Marmara University by using an online questionnaire. Students who were informed before the survey were asked to fill out the survey if they agreed to participate. The questionnaire included 3 parts; participant demographics, knowledge about AI, and attitudes toward AI. The results were collected and inspected via Microsoft Excel. The data from the survey were analyzed by chi-square tests using SPSS v26. Results: 88 medical students responded online survey. Most of the survey responders (77%) were already aware of information related to AI in medicine. The majority of the participants acquired this information from mainly social media and media. Only 26.1% of students indicated that they learned something about AI from lectures. 29.5% of preclinic phase students believe that the human physician will be replaced by AI in the foreseeable future, but the percentage is decreased to 18.5% among clinic phase students. Male students significantly stated that they have a basic understanding of AI (p<0.05). Additionally, the participants who understand the technologies significantly thought that these developments make medicine more exciting (p<0.05). Conclusions: The majority of medical students believe that AI would improve medicine. The students with more knowledge find the subject more exciting and less afraid. Since medicine and AI will more often be mentioned together in the future, future doctors should be equipped with information about AI during their medical education.Keywords : Yapay Zeka, Tıp Eğitimi, Tıp Öğrencisi, Kıbrıs