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A study published on February 8, 2023, in JMIR Medical Education, a leading open access journal on digital medical education, evaluated the potential of ChatGPT, a natural language processing model, as a medical education tool. The study found that ChatGPT reaches the equivalent of a passing score for a third-year medical student. Conducted by researchers from Yale University School of Medicine’s Section for Biomedical Informatics and Data Science and University College Dublin, the study aimed to test the performance of ChatGPT and previous-generation large language models on the medical question-answering problem as part of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 and StepRead More →

A visual abstract summarizing the key findings of the article titled “Web-Based Training for Nurses on Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Decision-making About Prenatal Screening: Parallel Controlled Trial” published in JMIR Nursing in 2022. The study found that irrespective of training, intention to use decision aids was high among nurses involved in prenatal screening, but their SDM knowledge could be improved with training. Source: Image created by JMIR Publications/Authors; Copyright: JMIR Publications; License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)
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JMIR Publications recently published “Web-Based Training for Nurses on Using a Decision Aid to Support Shared Decision-making About Prenatal Screening: Parallel Controlled Trial” in JMIR Nursing which reported that in this study, these authors aimed to assess the impact of a shared decision-making (SDM) training program on nurses’ intention to use a decision aid with pregnant women deciding on prenatal screening for Down syndrome. They were allocated by convenience either to the intervention group or to the control group. After the intervention, the mean score of intention was 6.3 for the intervention group and 6.0 for the control group. The intervention was significantly more acceptableRead More →

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JMIR Publications recently published “Digital Teaching in Medical Education: Scientific Literature Landscape Review” in JMIR Medical Education which reported that digital teaching in medical education has grown in popularity in recent years. These JMIR Medical Education authors used a bibliometric approach to unveil and evaluate the scientific literature on digital teaching research in medical education, demonstrating recurring research topics, productive authors, research organizations, countries, and journals. The Web of Science electronic database was searched to identify relevant papers on digital teaching research in medical education. Dr. Eva Schaden from The Medical University of Vienna said, “Rapid advancements in information technology and worldwide internet access potentiallyRead More →