Background: Since the widespread availability of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT), the public is confronted with accessible artificial intelligence tools. There is limited knowledge on the use, concerns and opportunities of ChatGPT in pharmacy practice in the Netherlands.
Objectives: The aims of this study were to explore the extent and type of use of ChatGPT in community pharmacy and to identify concerns and opportunities for pharmacy practice.
Methods: A questionnaire was developed, tested and distributed to professionals that work in community pharmacy. The answers were analysed descriptively using frequency tables.
Results: Of all participants ( = 106), 50.9 % had used ChatGPT, and 38.7 % ( = 24) of these users has used it in pharmacy. Participants saw opportunities for using ChatGPT as writing assistant or in quickly answering clinical questions. Concerns included not knowing what ChatGPT could be used for in pharmacy and not knowing what ChatGPT's answer is based on.
Conclusions: This research shows that using ChatGPT as a writing assistant is valuable and can free up time. Although clinical questions seem promising, ChatGPT's answers are currently too unreliable and do not meet the required quality standards for good pharmaceutical care. If ChatGPT is used to answer clinical questions, crossreferencing with reliable sources is recommended.
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