The Potential of LLMs in Medical Education: Generating Questions and Answers for Qualification Exams

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23769v1
• Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:33:37 GMT
• Title: The Potential of LLMs in Medical Education: Generating Questions and Answers for Qualification Exams
• Authors: Yunqi Zhu, Wen Tang, Ying Sun, Xuebing Yang,
• Abstract summary: Large language models (LLMs) can generate medical qualification exam questions and corresponding answers based on few-shot prompts. The study found that LLMs, after using few-shot prompts, can effectively mimic real-world medical qualification exam questions.
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• Abstract: Recent research on large language models (LLMs) has primarily focused on their adaptation and application in specialized domains. The application of LLMs in the medical field is mainly concentrated on tasks such as the automation of medical report generation, summarization, diagnostic reasoning, and question-and-answer interactions between doctors and patients. The challenge of becoming a good teacher is more formidable than that of becoming a good student, and this study pioneers the application of LLMs in the field of medical education. In this work, we investigate the extent to which LLMs can generate medical qualification exam questions and corresponding answers based on few-shot prompts. Utilizing a real-world Chinese dataset of elderly chronic diseases, we tasked the LLMs with generating open-ended questions and answers based on a subset of sampled admission reports across eight widely used LLMs, including ERNIE 4, ChatGLM 4, Doubao, Hunyuan, Spark 4, Qwen, Llama 3, and Mistral. Furthermore, we engaged medical experts to manually evaluate these open-ended questions and answers across multiple dimensions. The study found that LLMs, after using few-shot prompts, can effectively mimic real-world medical qualification exam questions, whereas there is room for improvement in the correctness, evidence-based statements, and professionalism of the generated answers. Moreover, LLMs also demonstrate a decent level of ability to correct and rectify reference answers. Given the immense potential of artificial intelligence in the medical field, the task of generating questions and answers for medical qualification exams aimed at medical students, interns and residents can be a significant focus of future research.

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