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. 2025 Jan 3;105:41208. doi: 10.2340/actadv.v105.41208

Table II.

Efficiency of AI in Dermatology Board Exam question generation

Subject NOQ R1 time (min) Expected/question (min) R2 time (min) Expected/question (min) Saved time (min) ± SD
Biopsy techniques 13 2.7 16.3 2.7 7.05 9.0 ± 4.6
CBCL 19 1.4 57.1 2.3 9.47 31.5 ± 24.3
CTCL 16 3 60 3.75 11.25 32.3 ± 24.8
HPV 13 3.3 10 2 12 8.4 ± 1.7
Alopecia 16 5.14 17.1 2.4 13.6 11.6 ± 0.4
Systemic disease 10 3.75 30 2 20 22.1 ± 4.1
Mycobacteria 8 2.4 12 7.5 22.5 12.3 ± 2.7
Darier disease 5 45 30 1.25 3 –6.6 ± 8.4
Ichthyoses 6 7.5 12 45 3 –18.8 ± 23.3
Acne 9 2.8 8.6 1 48 26.4 ± 20.6
Rosacea 3 2.2 20 100 20 –31.1 ± 48.9
Vasculitis 7 6 48 128 18 –34.0 ± 76.0

NOQ: Number of suitable questions: total suitable questions identified for each subject. R1 time (min): average time, in minutes, Reviewer 1 spent evaluating each AI-generated question. Expected time/Question (min): estimated average time, in minutes, that a reviewer would typically take to manually create a suitable question for a specific subject. R2 time (min): average time, in minutes, Reviewer 2 spent evaluating each AI-generated question. Saved time (min) ± SD: average time saved per question, in minutes, by using AI-generated questions compared with manually creating them, with standard deviation indicating the variability