Summary of The Potential Of Llms in Medical Education: Generating Questions and Answers For Qualification Exams, by Yunqi Zhu et al.
The Potential of LLMs in Medical Education: Generating Questions and Answers for Qualification Exams
by Yunqi Zhu, Wen Tang, Huayu Yang, Jinghao Niu, Liyang Dou, Yifan Gu, Yuanyuan Wu, Wensheng Zhang, Ying Sun, Xuebing Yang
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This research paper explores the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in generating medical qualification exam questions and answers. Specifically, it investigates how LLMs can meet certain requirements, such as coherence, evidence of statement, factual consistency, and professionalism, for producing high-quality medical exam questions. The study uses a large-scale database, Elderly Comorbidity Medical Database (CECMed), which includes patients with comorbid chronic diseases from various hospitals across China. Eight LLMs were trained on this dataset to generate open-ended questions and answers based on admission reports. The results demonstrate the feasibility of using LLMs for generating medical qualification exam questions, which could have significant implications for healthcare education. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This study uses special language models called Large Language Models (LLMs) to create medical test questions and answers. It checks if these models can do a good job making these questions by looking at things like how well the questions are connected, if they use evidence to support what’s being said, if they’re factually correct, and if they sound professional. The study uses a big database called Elderly Comorbidity Medical Database (CECMed) that has information about patients with different health problems from hospitals in China. Eight LLMs were taught to make questions and answers based on patient records. This research shows that LLMs can be used to create medical test questions, which could be important for healthcare education. |
