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. 2026 Jan 3;26:176. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-08524-6

Table 2.

Participants’ perception of AI toward patient care

Question 4th year 5th year Interns
N (%) p
Use of AI to analyse patient information to reach diagnoses
 Extremely likely/likely 42 (58.4) 38 (54.3) 56 (59.6) 0.6504
 Extremely unlikely/unlikely 23 (31.9) 26 (37.1) 28 (29.8)
 Uncertain 7 (9.7) 6 (8.6) 10 (10.6)
Use of AI to read and interpret diagnostic imaging
 Extremely likely/likely 51 (70.8) 53 (75.7) 72 (76.6) 0.486
 Extremely unlikely/unlikely 17 (23.6) 13 (18.6) 15 (15.9)
 Uncertain 4 (5.6) 4 (5.7) 7 (7.5)
Use of AI to evaluate when to refer patients to specialists
 Extremely likely/likely 44 (61.1) 38 (54.3) 53 (56.4) 0.624
 Extremely unlikely/unlikely 22 (30.6) 27 (38.6) 32 (34)
 Uncertain 6 (8.3) 5 (7.1) 9 (9.6)
Use of AI to formulate a treatment plan
 Extremely likely/likely 43 (59.7) 38 (54.3) 52 (55.3) 0.712
 Extremely unlikely/unlikely 23 (31.9) 27 (38.6) 30 (31.9)
 Uncertain 6 (8.4) 5 (7.1) 12 (12.8)

Significance level < 0.05, pp value (chi-square test)