Incorporating artificial intelligence into a workshop on scientific and scholarly report writing for preclinical medical students

Med Teach. 2024 Feb 2:1-3. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2024.2311267. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

This article presents the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool (ChatGPT) to transform a didactic lecture to an interactive workshop. The workshop on scientific and scholarly report writing was conducted for preclinical medical students. The functions of the AI as teaching assistance and documentation were expected to support the workshop. In this workshop, the AI was used to summarise and generate the summary notes based on students' inputs throughout the interactive activities during the workshop. Future research should focus on potential functions of AI in medical education and its impacts on student's learning outcomes.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; ChatGPT; medical education; workshop; writing.