Table 3. Comparative analysis of artificial intelligence (AI) perceptions among medical students by gender, familiarity with technology, and academic cycle.
| Question and response | Gender, n (%)a | P value | Familiarity with technology, n (%)a | P value | Academic cycle, n (%)a | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n=217) | Female (n=363) | Knowledgeable (n=248) | Not knowledgeable (n=305) | First (n=213) | Second (n=228) | Third (n=139) | ||||
| I perceive AI in medicine as a partner rather than a competitor. | .94 | .67 | .14 | |||||||
| Yes | 180 (37.3) |
302 (62.7) | 208 (43.2) | 247 (56.8) | 172 (35.7) |
187 (38.8) | 123 (25.5) | |||
| No | 37 (37.8) |
61 (62.2) | 40 (40.8) | 58 (59.2) | 41 (41.8) |
41 (41.8) | 16 (16.3) | |||
| AI will revolutionize medicine in general. | .02b | <.001 | .002 | |||||||
| Yes | 173 (35.5) |
315 (64.5) | 228 (46.7) | 260 (53.3) | 173 (35.5) |
185 (37.9) | 130 (26.6) | |||
| No | 44 (47.8) |
48 (52.2) | 20 (21.7) | 72 (78.3) | 40 (43.5) |
43 (46.7) | 9 (9.8) | |||
| Noninterventional physicians will be replaced within a decade by AI. | .99 | .72 | .006 | |||||||
| Yes | 85 (37.4) |
142 (62.6) | 95 (41.9) | 132 (58.1) | 101 (44.5) |
82 (36.1) | 44 (19.4) | |||
| No | 132 (37.4) | 221 (62.6) | 153 (43.3) |
200 (56.7) | 112 (31.7) |
146 (41.4) | 95 (26.9) | |||
| AI will render human physicians obsolete. | .04 | .03 | .16 | |||||||
| Yes | 51 (45.9) |
60 (54.1) | 37 (33.3) | 74 (66.7) | 43 (38.7) |
49 (44.1) | 19 (17.1) | |||
| No | 166 (35.4) |
303 (64.6) | 211 (45.0) | 258 (55.0) | 170 (36.2) |
179 (38.2) | 120 (25.6) | |||
| AI developments frighten me. | .56 | .005 | <.001 | |||||||
| Yes | 98 (36.2) | 173 (63.8) | 99 (36.5) |
172 (63.5) | 121 (44.6) |
(96 (35.4) | 54 (19.9) | |||
| No | 119 (38.5) | 190 (61.5) | 149 (48.2) | 160 (51.8) | 92 (29.8) |
132 (42.7) | 85 (27.5) | |||
| AI developments make medicine more exciting for me. | .31 | <.001 | .005 | |||||||
| Yes | 112 (35.6) |
203 (64.4) | 177 (56.2) | 138 (43.8) | 111 (35.2) |
112 (35.6) | 92 (29.2) | |||
| No | 105 (39.6) |
160 (60.4) | 71 (26.8) | 194 (73.2) | 102 (38.5) |
116 (43.8) | 47 (17.7) | |||
a
Percentages are calculated based on the total number in each row per category.
b
Italicized values indicate statistically significant differences between subgroups based on the corresponding P values (<.05).