Table 2 Perceptions and attitudes of undergraduate medical students towards the pros and cons of using large language models

Attitude towards large language models¹

Pessimistic

29

22

26

25

Neutral

501

645

380

766

Optimistic

290

231

166

355

Mean Rank

898.11

824.25

839.20

869.64

Z

-3.75

-1.50

p-value

< 0.001

0.14

The pros and cons of using large language models¹

Cons outweigh pros

46

57

37

66

Equal pros and cons

409

535

308

636

Pros outweigh cons

365

306

227

444

Mean Rank

905.57

817.43

862.10

858.20

Z

-4.18

-0.20

p-value

< 0.001

0.86