Making large language models into reliable physician assistants

Sílvia Mamede; Henk G. Schmidt

doi:10.1038/s41591-025-03606-w

Making large language models into reliable physician assistants

Sílvia Mamede^*
, Henk G. Schmidt

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A randomized study highlights the potential of large language models to assist clinicians in patient care; future research should harness our understanding of the cognitive processes underlying clinical reasoning to further optimize their utility.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1071-1072
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03606-w
Publication status	Published - Apr 2025

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