Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Jul 7, 2023
Date Accepted: Sep 19, 2023
Prompt Engineering Is An Emerging Essential Skill For Medical Professionals: A Tutorial
ABSTRACT
With the emergence of large language models (LLMs), with the most popular called ChatGPT that have attracted the attention of over a 100 million users in only 2 months, artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI has become accessible for the masses. This is an unprecedented paradigm shift not only because of the use of AI becoming more widespread but also due to the possible implications of LLMs in healthcare. Prompt engineering is a relatively new field of research that refers to the practice of designing, refining, and implementing prompts or instructions that guide the output of LLMs to help in various tasks. As more patients and medical professionals use AI-based tools, LLMs being the most popular representatives of that group, it seems inevitable to address the challenge to improve at this skill. This paper summarizes the current state of research about prompt engineering; and at the same time, aims at providing practical recommendations for the wide range of healthcare professionals to improve their interactions with LLMs.
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