Study on the Medical Education Capability of the EyeTeacher Artificial Intelligence Platform

Tsinghua University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Medical Education

Treatments: Other: EyeTeacher

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06759012

THU01-20240100

Details and patient eligibility

About

With the rise of generative artificial intelligence and large language models, medical education is undergoing a significant transformation. Numerous studies have highlighted the limitations of traditional educational knowledge acquisition and the potential impact of artificial intelligence on medical education, resident training, and continuing education for clinical practitioners. However, there is a lack of real-world experiments on the effectiveness of AI-integrated education.

Artificial intelligence can provide extensive educational resources and tools that are not limited by geographical location or language, thereby lowering the barrier to accessing high-quality medical education and promoting educational equity. Nevertheless, the performance of AI models trained by different medical institutions or healthcare systems may vary.

To offer a more universal, accessible, high-quality, and interconnected educational journey. We have developed a virtual ophthalmology teacher, which developed based on foundational model and large language models. This model, named EyeTeacher provide comprehensive theoretical knowledge and clinical skills enhancement for untrained medical students. To verify the effectiveness of our EyeTeacher across different national ophthalmology education systems and languages, we plan to implement a randomized controlled trial. This trial will assess the clinical capabilities of all participants and explore the advantages and disadvantages of the system compared to traditional teaching methods.

Enrollment: 252 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical medical students who have not taken ophthalmology courses
• Age 21-40
• Gender not restricted
• Sign the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal of the research protocol.
• Participants unwilling or unable to understand and complete the questionnaire.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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252 participants in 2 patient groups

Interventional group

Experimental group

Description:

Attend EyeTeacher lecture before taking the regular ophthalmology lecture in medical school.

Treatment:

Other: EyeTeacher

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Attend regular ophthalmology lectures in medical school.