Can ChatGPT generate surgical multiple-choice questions comparable to those written by a surgeon?

Background: This study aimed to determine whether surgical multiple-choice questions generated by ChatGPT are comparable to those written by human experts (surgeons).

Methods: The study was conducted at a medical school and involved 112 fourth-year medical students. Based on five learning objectives in general surgery (colorectal, gastric, trauma, breast, thyroid), ChatGPT and surgeons generated five multiple-choice questions.

Keeping humans in the loop efficiently by generating question templates instead of questions using AI: Validity evidence on Hybrid AIG.

Background: Manually creating multiple-choice questions (MCQ) is inefficient. Automatic item generation (AIG) offers a scalable solution, with two main approaches: template-based and non-template-based (AI-driven). Template-based AIG ensures accuracy but requires significant expert input to develop templates.

Ethical Approaches in General Surgery Residency Training: A Blended Learning Module Trial.

Aim: This study aimed to develop a blended training module focusing on ethical approaches within general surgery residency training and to assess the impact of this training on participants.

Methods: Based on the literature review and input from both general surgery residents and trainers, 14 topics were identified, and corresponding learning objectives were formulated. The training was conducted through a blended learning module, which encompassed online video presentations alongside face-to-face sessions involving real-life cases.

Studying protein-protein interactions: Latest and most popular approaches.

PPIs, or protein-protein interactions, are essential for many biological processes. According to the findings, abnormal PPIs have been linked to several diseases, such as cancer and infectious and neurological disorders. Consequently, focusing on PPIs is a path toward disease treatment and a crucial tool for producing novel medications.

Medical record-keeping educational interventions for medical students and residents: a systematic review.

Background: Medical records, encompassing patient histories, progress notes, and more, play a crucial role in patient care and treatment, healthcare communication, medico-legal matters, and supporting financial documentation.

Objective: Despite their significance, literature suggests inconsistencies in record quality and insufficient formal medical record-keeping education for medical students and residents. The study aimed to identify and evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions by conducting a systematic review.

Eating attitudes of migraine patients in Turkey: a prospective multi-center study.

Background: Migraine is a disease characterized by headache attacks. The disease is multifactorial in etiology and genetic and environmental factors play role in pathogenesis. Migraine can also be accompanied by psychiatric disorders like neurotism and obsessive compulsive disorder.

Test-Only Learning via Virtual Patients to Improve Surgical Illness Scripts of Preclinical Medical Students as a Preparation for Clinical Clerkships: An Experimental Study.

Objective: The aim was to determine whether preclinical medical students can develop their illness scripts to a level comparable to that of clerkship students through test-only learning using repeated formative online testlets.

Methods: In this experimental study, participants were 52 preclinical and 53 clinical medical students. The intervention group consisted of preclinical medical students, and the control group consisted of clinical medical students.

Employment Preferences of Cardiologists in Türkiye: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

Objective: The homogeneous distribution of physicians is important for ensuring patients' access to health services. To encourage physicians to work in underserved areas, policymakers create incentives. Understanding physicians' employment preferences is essential when developing these incentive packages.

ChatGPT to generate clinical vignettes for teaching and multiple-choice questions for assessment: A randomized controlled experiment.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the real-life performance of clinical vignettes and multiple-choice questions generated by using ChatGPT.

Methods: This was a randomized controlled study in an evidence-based medicine training program. We randomly assigned seventy-four medical students to two groups.

ChatGPT for generating multiple-choice questions: Evidence on the use of artificial intelligence in automatic item generation for a rational pharmacotherapy exam.

Purpose: Artificial intelligence, specifically large language models such as ChatGPT, offers valuable potential benefits in question (item) writing. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of generating case-based multiple-choice questions using ChatGPT in terms of item difficulty and discrimination levels.

Methods: This study involved 99 fourth-year medical students who participated in a rational pharmacotherapy clerkship carried out based-on the WHO 6-Step Model.

Effectiveness of using 2D atlas and 3D PDF as a teaching tool in anatomy lectures in initial learners: a randomized controlled trial in a medical school.

Background: Anatomy is a crucial part of medical education, and there have been attempts to improve this field by utilizing various methods. With the advancement of technology, three-dimensional (3D) materials have gained popularity and become a matter of debate about their effectiveness compared to two-dimensional (2D) sources. This research aims to analyze the effectiveness of 3D PDFs compared to 2D atlases.

How does evidence-based medicine training affect medical students' views on traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine and the conspiracy theories about COVID-19: a nationwide study.

Aim: It was aimed to explore the relationship between evidence-based medicine (EBM) training and medical students' views on traditional, complementary, and alternative medicine (TCAM) and their views on conspiracies about COVID-19.

Background: Medical students constitute the future workforce of primary health care services. The relationship between EBM training and their views on conspiracies about COVID-19 is critical to explore for providing a better primary health care.

Exploratory Factor Analysis of a Computerized Case-Based F-Type Testlet Variant.

A testlet is a cluster of questions related to a single content area. F-type testlet is a specific type of linear testlets that contains evolving scenarios. There is no study that carried out a factor analysis of an F-type testlet exam in the context of medical education and related disciplines.

A systematic chart review of pharmacological interventions in patients with clozapine-induced hypersalivation.

Objectives: To investigate the efficacy and tolerability of medications, such as mouthwash use of 1 % atropine sulfate and tropicamide drops, oral amitriptyline and amisulpride used for clozapine-induced hypersalivation (CIH).

Methods: The medical charts of inpatients with psychotic disorders between 2010 and 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. We detected 161 patients with eligible data who received or commenced clozapine.

Nivolumab-induced sensory ganglionopathy.

Introduction: Nivolumab is s a human monoclonal antibody. Due to its widespread use in many cancers, including Merkel cell carcinoma, adverse reactions associated with nivolumab, such as neuropathies, endocrinopathies, gastrointestinal problems, and skin toxicities have been increasing. Sensory ganlionopathy is rarely observed in these patients.

e-PBL with multimedia animations: a design-based research.

Background: This study was conducted to explore the effectiveness of online problem-based learning (e-PBL) with multimedia animation scenarios by comparing the face-to-face (f2f) PBL method with paper-based scenarios. Adapting different f2f teaching methodologies to online environments is a significant problem that urgently needs attention, particularly in health education.

Methods: This study is part of design-based research and consists of three phases, which comprise design, analysis, and re-design.

The effect of watching lecture videos at 2× speed on memory retention performance of medical students: An experimental study.

Aim: This study aimed to determine how watching lecture videos at 1× and 2× speeds affects memory retention in medical students.

Methods: A posttest-only experimental design was utilized. The participants were 60 Year-1 and Year-2 medical students.

Validation of IFMSA social accountability assessment tool: exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis.

Background: IFMSA Social Accountability Assessment Tool has been developed for medical students by medical students to assess medical schools. However, its psychometric characteristics are unknown since it was developed without any analysis. We aimed to reveal its reliability and validity.

Teaching rational prescribing in undergraduate medical education: a systematic search and review.

Aim: This study aimed to reveal the current status of the literature on rational prescribing training in undergraduate medical education.

Methods: This study followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. An online search using 50 keywords in four databases was performed to access the studies published between 2008 and 2020.

Obstetric Ultrasonography in Postgraduate Radiology Training: A National Survey Study.

There is no study in the literature that reveals the adequacy of obstetric ultrasonography (US) training in Turkey. We aimed to evaluate the adequacy of obstetric US training radiologists had received during their residency and determine how competent they considered themselves to be in this regard.A survey (27 items for residents, 21 items for specialists) was sent to all the radiology residents and specialists in Turkey through the mail list of the Turkish Society of Radiology.

What do Turkish, Spanish, and Pakistani medical students value in specialty training positions? A discrete choice experiment.

Background: The aim of this study was to find out specialty training preferences of senior medical students from three medical schools in Turkey, Spain, and Pakistan.

Methods: A Discrete Choice Experiment was carried out using an electronic form for students in three countries in 2021-2022 term. Each choice set in the form consisted of two hypothetical specialty training positions.

Photo-supercapacitors based on nanoscaled ZnO.

In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) powders in two different morphologies, nanowire (NW) and nanoflower (NF), have been synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The eligibility of the pristine ZnO nanopowders as a photo-active material has been revealed by designing P-SC devices via the facile drop-casting method on both glass and plastic substrates in large-area applications. The impact of physical properties and especially defect structures on photo-supercapacitor (P-SC) performance have been explored.