BMC Medical Education, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 18, 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots (e.g., ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing, and Google Bard) can emulate human interaction may support physiotherapy education. Despite growing interest, students' perspectives remain unexplored. This study investigated Italian knowledge, use, perception of the benefits limitations AI Chatbots. A cross-sectional was conducted through Survey Monkey from February to June 2024. One thousand five hundred thirty-one students 10 universities were involved. The survey consisted 23 questions investigating: (a) respondent characteristics, (b) Chatbot knowledge (c) perceived benefits, (d) limitations. Multiple-choice Likert-scale-based adopted. Factors associated with perceptions explored using logistic regression models. Of 589 (38%) that completed survey, most male (n = 317; 53.8%) a mean age 22 years (SD 3.88). Nearly all 561; 95.3%) had heard Chatbots, but 53.7% 316) never used these tools for academic purposes. Among users, learning common purpose 187; 31.8%), while only 9.9% 58) declared use during internships. Students agreed have in performing complex tasks generate inaccurate results (median 3 out 4). However, they neither nor disagreed about Chatbots' impact on performance, emotional intelligence, bias, fairness 2 identify risk misinformation as primary barrier In contrast, content validity, plagiarism, privacy, impacts critical thinking creativity Young 11% more odds being familiar than older (OR 0.89; 95%CI 0.84-0.95; p < 0.01), whereas female 39% lesser males purposes 0.61; 0.44-0.85; 0.01). While recognize potential express caution their academia. Targeted training faculty, supported by institutional national guidelines, could guarantee responsible integration technologies into Not applicable.

Язык: Английский