LLM-MedQA: Enhancing Medical Question Answering through Case Studies in Large Language Models

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.05464v2
• Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 05:53:51 GMT
• Title: LLM-MedQA: Enhancing Medical Question Answering through Case Studies in Large Language Models
• Authors: Hang Yang, Hao Chen, Hui Guo, Yineng Chen, Ching-Sheng Lin, Shu Hu, Jinrong Hu, Xi Wu, Xin Wang,
• Abstract summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) face significant challenges in medical question answering. We propose a novel approach incorporating similar case generation within a multi-agent medical question-answering system. Our method capitalizes on the model's inherent medical knowledge and reasoning capabilities, eliminating the need for additional training data.
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• Abstract: Accurate and efficient question-answering systems are essential for delivering high-quality patient care in the medical field. While Large Language Models (LLMs) have made remarkable strides across various domains, they continue to face significant challenges in medical question answering, particularly in understanding domain-specific terminologies and performing complex reasoning. These limitations undermine their effectiveness in critical medical applications. To address these issues, we propose a novel approach incorporating similar case generation within a multi-agent medical question-answering (MedQA) system. Specifically, we leverage the Llama3.1:70B model, a state-of-the-art LLM, in a multi-agent architecture to enhance performance on the MedQA dataset using zero-shot learning. Our method capitalizes on the model's inherent medical knowledge and reasoning capabilities, eliminating the need for additional training data. Experimental results show substantial performance gains over existing benchmark models, with improvements of 7% in both accuracy and F1-score across various medical QA tasks. Furthermore, we examine the model's interpretability and reliability in addressing complex medical queries. This research not only offers a robust solution for medical question answering but also establishes a foundation for broader applications of LLMs in the medical domain.

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