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Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo)
This isn’t the first time the Chat GPT chatbot has performed well on a medical exam. According to a publication from the National University of Singapore, artificial intelligence outperformed doctors in a mock exam on gynecology and obstetrics specialties.
We told you about it in an article a few months ago: Chat GPT passed his medical exam with flying colours. Artificial intelligence seems to do even better than the doctors themselves in one specialty in particular: gynecology-obstetrics.
Artificial intelligence with better results and faster responses
The study conducted by researchers from Singapore tested Chat GPT to answer a fictitious medical examination on the specialty of gynecology and obstetrics. To minimize bias, the answers of the three candidates were submitted to the examination board, while concealing the true identity of ChatGPT. Result: the conversational robot obtained an average of 77.2% against 73.7% for the doctors.
Improved empathetic communication and clinical reasoning skills
The robot, like the real candidates, had to respond to a series of unknown clinical cases. The objective: to describe the elements enabling him to make an informed clinical decision. Apart from the fact that ChatGPT took an average of two minutes and 54 seconds to complete each clinical situation, significantly ahead of the allotted 10 minutes, the robot did not outperform the other candidates every time.
However, he was recognized as better in several areas, such as empathetic communication, information gathering and clinical reasoning.
The importance of human contact in medicine
On the other hand, he had difficulty with scenarios involving open interpretation or multiple changes. For the author of the study, Associate Professor Mahesh Choolani “At a time when precise knowledge and information is instantly accessible, and where these capabilities could be embedded in appropriate context by generative AI in the foreseeable future, the need for future generations of physicians to clearly demonstrate the value and importance of human contact is now quite evident”.
The point of view of Gérald Kierzek, emergency doctor and medical director of Doctissimo
“This study highlights the fact that we must review medical studies in France, from top to bottom. She asks about the training of doctors, it’s a real lesson. At present, medical technical training is good, but from the selection by Parcours Sup to the oral exams to which candidates are subjected in the first year, nothing is done to assess the human qualities of future practitioners. However, this exists in other branches, such as in aeronautics, for example, where aircraft pilots are tested on their psychological profiles. We should be inspired by it to train future doctors in France. Because the psychological well-being of the doctor goes hand in hand with that of the patient“.