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Echoing Intelligence: Assessing the Capabilities of a Novel Generative AI With a Large Language Model in Cardiology
Muneeb Ahmed1, Flora Huang2, Chi-Ming Chow1
1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
CJC Open
|June 30, 2025
Summary
Artificial intelligence (AI) can create high-quality cardiology educational materials comparable to human experts. Medical trainees could not distinguish AI-generated from human-generated questions, suggesting AI’s potential in medical education.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cardiology
Background:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) shows potential for improving medical education.
- This study focuses on AI's role in complex fields like cardiology.
- Large language models (LLMs) were assessed for generating and evaluating educational content.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate an AI model's ability to generate educational materials in cardiology.
- To compare AI-generated content quality against human experts.
- To assess medical trainees' ability to differentiate AI-generated from human-generated content.
Main Methods:
- An AI model was trained on 80 cardiology lectures.
- The AI generated 10 multiple-choice questions (MCQs); cardiologists generated 10 more.
- Cardiology trainees answered questions and attempted to identify the source; AI also answered.
Main Results:
- Trainees scored similarly on AI-generated and human-generated MCQs (median 8/10 for both).
- Trainees could not reliably distinguish AI-generated from human-generated questions (median 10/20 correct identifications).
- The AI demonstrated high accuracy (95% on its own questions, 100% on human questions).
Conclusions:
- AI-generated educational content is comparable in quality to that produced by human experts.
- Medical trainees cannot reliably differentiate between AI-generated and human-generated cardiology questions.
- AI holds significant potential to enhance cardiology education by providing scalable, high-quality learning resources.
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