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Article History

Received: 27 December 2024

Accepted: 30 April 2025

First Online: 12 May 2025

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Al-Quds University in Palestine (Ref No: 449/REC/2024). All participants provided informed consent electronically prior to participating in the study.

: Artificial Intelligence tool, specifically OpenAI’s ChatGPT (version GPT-4, accessed via ChatGPT Plus) we used at various stages of this research. The following contributions were made:

: •Questionnaire Development: ChatGPT was used to draft survey items aligned with the research objectives. Prompts included, for example: “Design a student survey to evaluate the use of AI tools in medical education across academic, clinical, and research contexts.”

: •Thematic Analysis Assistance: For qualitative responses, ChatGPT helped group answers into initial themes. These were reviewed, corrected, and finalized by the authors to ensure accuracy and context.

: •Narrative Drafting: ChatGPT was used to generate narrative summaries of the findings and to draft portions of the introduction, results, and discussion. Prompts included: “Summarize Likert-scale findings and interpret trends,” and “Rewrite this paragraph in an academic tone.”

: •Language Polishing: ChatGPT helped improve the clarity, grammar, and coherence of the manuscript.

: All content suggested by ChatGPT was independently reviewed and edited by the authors. Final versions were based on human judgment and scientific validation using traditional tools (e.g., SPSS for statistical analysis).

: ChatGPT occasionally produced inaccurate references or unverifiable citations, which were manually filtered. It also lacked access to subscription-based academic databases, limiting its ability to cite peer-reviewed literature. These limitations underscore the importance of human oversight in using AI for scholarly work.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.