Performance of ChatGPT-4 on Taiwanese Traditional Chinese Medicine Licensing Examinations: Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI), notably ChatGPT, into medical education, has shown promising results in various medical fields. Nevertheless, its efficacy in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) examinations remains understudied.

Objective

This study aims to (1) assess the performance of ChatGPT on the TCM licensing examination in Taiwan and (2) evaluate the model's explainability in answering TCM-related questions to determine its suitability as a TCM learning tool.

Methods

We used the GPT-4 model to respond to 480 questions from the 2022 TCM licensing examination. This study compared the performance of the model against that of licensed TCM doctors using 2 approaches, namely direct answer selection and provision of explanations before answe

SUBMITTER: Tseng LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11939018 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature