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By Daniel Sokol This post adds to the literature on AI in medical ethics by testing how freely available AI models perform when presented with realistic ethical scenarios relevant to clinical practice. In May 2025, I wrote a blog about ChatGPT’s performance in an ‘honesty test’ for clinicians. It scored an impressive 43/44, outperforming the [...]Read More...
9 months ago
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By Daniel Sokol Earlier this year, I was invited by the Dr Prem Nath Berry Educational Trust, a medical charity, to deliver a new lecture in India on medical ethics. At that time, I was also thinking of a suitable topic for my presidential lecture at the Osler Club of London, a medical society founded [...]Read More...
about 1 year ago
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By Daniel Sokol In February 2023, I wrote on this forum about a new honesty test for doctors.[1] Developed with an experienced clinical psychologist, the test was a Situational Judgement Test of 22 real-life scenarios involving truth-telling problems. The ‘correct’ answers were determined by six professors of medical ethics who were also medical doctors. To [...]Read More...
over 1 year ago
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By Daniel Sokol. When not working as a barrister, I teach medical ethics to doctors who are going through disciplinary proceedings. The majority are in trouble because of dishonest conduct. They may have lied on a job application, cheated in a membership exam, or forged a document for personal gain. Medical Practitioners Tribunals have often [...]Read More...
over 3 years ago
