Medicine and Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice regarding Artificial Intelligence Programs: Jordan and West Bank of Palestine

IF 1.8 Q2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Advances in Medical Education and Practice Pub Date : 2023-12-13 DOI:10.2147/amep.s433255

Rami Mosleh, Qais Jarrar, Yazun Jarrar, Mariam Tazkarji, Mohammad Hawash

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Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) programs generate responses to input text, showcasing their innovative capabilities in education and demonstrating various potential benefits, particularly in the field of medical education. The current knowledge of health profession students about AI programs has still not been assessed in Jordan and the West Bank of Palestine (WBP).
Aim: This study aimed to assess students’ awareness and practice of AI programs in medicine and pharmacy in Jordan and the WBP.
Methods: This study was in the form of an observational, cross-sectional survey. A questionnaire was electronically distributed among students of medicine and pharmacy at An-Najah National University (WBP), Al-Isra University (Jordan), and Al-Balqa Applied University (Jordan). The questionnaire consisted of three main categories: sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, practice of AI programs, and perceptions of AI programs, including ChatGPT.
Results: A total of 321 students responded to the distributed questionnaire, and 261 participants (81.3%) stated that they had heard about AI programs. In addition, 135 participants had used AI programs before (42.1%), while less than half the participants used them in their university studies (44.2%): for drug information (44.5%), homework (38.9%), and writing research articles (39.3%). There was significantly (48.3%, P< 0.005) more conviction in the use of AI programs for writing research articles among pharmacy students from Palestine compared to Jordan. Lastly, there was significantly more (53.8%, P< 0.05) AI program use among medicine students than pharmacy students.
Conclusion: While most medicine and pharmacy students had heard about AI programs, only a small proportion of the participants had used them in their medical study. In addition, attitudes and practice related to AI programs in their education differs between medicine and pharmacy students and between WBP and Jordan.

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医学和药学专业学生对人工智能课程的认识、态度和实践：约旦和巴勒斯坦西岸

背景：人工智能（AI）程序会对输入的文本做出反应，展示其在教育领域的创新能力，并显示出各种潜在的益处，尤其是在医学教育领域。目的：本研究旨在评估约旦和巴勒斯坦西岸（WBP）医学和药学专业学生对人工智能程序的认识和实践情况：本研究采用横断面观察调查的形式。通过电子方式向约旦安纳贾国立大学（An-Najah National University）、约旦伊斯拉大学（Al-Isra University）和约旦巴尔卡应用大学（Al-Balqa Applied University）的医学和药学专业学生发放了调查问卷。问卷包括三大类：参与者的社会人口学特征、人工智能程序的实践以及对人工智能程序（包括 ChatGPT）的看法：共有 321 名学生回答了分发的问卷，其中 261 名参与者（81.3%）表示听说过人工智能程序。此外，135 名参与者（42.1%）曾经使用过人工智能程序，而不到一半的参与者（44.2%）在大学学习中使用过人工智能程序：用于获取药物信息（44.5%）、做作业（38.9%）和撰写研究文章（39.3%）。与约旦相比，巴勒斯坦药学专业学生在使用人工智能程序撰写研究文章方面的信念明显更强（48.3%，P< 0.005）。最后，医学专业学生使用人工智能程序的比例（53.8%，P< 0.05）明显高于药学专业学生：结论：虽然大多数医学和药学专业学生都听说过人工智能程序，但只有一小部分参与者在医学学习中使用过。此外，医科学生和药剂科学生以及西伯利亚和约旦学生在教育过程中对人工智能程序的态度和做法也不尽相同。

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