Prompt Engineering in Med School; Messages From Dr. ChatGPT; AI Scientist's Papers

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Doctors -- especially medical school students -- should get training in "prompt engineering" to optimize generative AI in medicine, researchers argue in a .

AI chatbots are playing more of a role in generating patient-facing medical information, from to . (New York Times)

In the U.K., 1 in 5 primary care physicians reported using AI chatbots in their practice, according to a study in .

A new "" can write and review its own research papers, but its usefulness is still in question. (Nature)

ChatGPT version 3.5 outperformed trainee doctors at assessing complex respiratory illness in children, according to a study presented at the .

Scientists are using AI to ," helping to unravel the mysterious biology of smell. (Nature)

About half of clinicians in a small trial said AI-powered clinical documentation tools offered time management benefits, but a substantial proportion said it had no impact on their overall EHR experience, according to a paper published in .

Another study in found that machine learning improved electronic detection of potential diagnostic errors.

Researchers writing in Nature Medicine say they've developed a for using AI in drug repurposing.

Using an AI-based early warning system to detect risk of adverse events among high-risk patients led to fewer non-palliative hospital deaths than before the system was implemented, according to a study in the .

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    Michael DePeau-Wilson is a reporter on ’s enterprise & investigative team. He covers psychiatry, long covid, and infectious diseases, among other relevant U.S. clinical news.