Table 1

Familiarity and opinions of medical students about Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning in their medical degree

Survey itemValue95% CITotal N
Have you heard of machine learning? n (%)242
Yes137 (56.6%)50.4 to 62.9
No105 (43.4%)37.1 to 49.6
Are you familiar with big data analytics? n (%)242
Yes101 (41.7%)35.5 to 48.0
No141 (58.3%)52.1 to 64.5
Have you read any academic journal articles about artificial intelligence/ machine learning in medicine? n (%)242
Yes47 (19.4%)14.4 to 24.4
No195 (80.6%)75.6 to 85.6
Please estimate how many hours your instructors/lecturers have spent discussing artificial intelligence/machine learning during your medical degree so far. median-221
0 hours147 (66.5%)
30 min to 1 hour38 (17.1%)
1 hour 30 min +36 (16.3%)
Please estimate how many hours your instructors/lecturers will spend discussing artificial intelligence/machine learning during your medical degree so far. media-n-
0 hours133 (62.4%)
30 min to 1 hour19 (8.9%)
1 hour 30 min +61 (28.6%)
Do you plan to learn about artificial intelligence/machine learning as they pertain to medicine? n (%)241
Yes99 (41.1%)34.9 to 47.3
No29 (12.0%)7.9 to 16.1
Maybe112 (46.5%)40.2 to 52.8
Discussion about artificial intelligence/machine learning should be part of medical training.242
Strongly disagree8 (3.3%)1.1 to 5.6
Moderately disagree18 (7.4%)4.1 to 10.7
Somewhat disagree26 (10.7%)6.8 to 14.7
Somewhat agree117 (48.4%)42.1 to 54.6
Moderately agree45 (18.6%)13.7 to 23.5
Strongly agree28 (11.6%)7.5 to 15.6