A Survey of Clinicians' Views of the Utility of Large Language Models.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

 Large language models (LLMs) like Generative pre-trained transformer (ChatGPT) are powerful algorithms that have been shown to produce human-like text from input data. Several potential clinical applications of this technology have been proposed and evaluated by biomedical informatics experts. However, few have surveyed health care providers for their opinions about whether the technology is fit for use.

Methods

 We distributed a validated mixed-methods survey to gauge practicing clinicians' comfort with LLMs for a breadth of tasks in clinical practice, research, and education, which were selected from the literature.

Results

 A total of 30 clinicians fully completed the survey. Of the 23 tasks, 16 were rated positively by more than 50% of the respondents.

SUBMITTER: Spotnitz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11023712 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature