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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2025

Beyond Benchmarks: Evaluating Generalist Medical Artificial Intelligence With Psychometrics.

Luning Sun, Christopher Gibbons, José Hernández-Orallo, Xiting Wang, Liming Jiang, David Stillwell, Fang Luo, Xing Xie

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Luning SunThe Psychometrics Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2470-4278
Christopher GibbonsOracle Health, Austin, TX, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-7305
José Hernández-OralloValencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (VRAIN), Universitat Politècnica de València, València, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9746-7632
Xiting WangGaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5768-1095
Liming JiangFaculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinwai Ave, Beijing, 100875, China, 86 15120098365.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6464-2326
David StillwellThe Psychometrics Centre, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0174-3212
Fang Luo *Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinwai Ave, Beijing, 100875, China, 86 15120098365.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3281-9574
Xing Xie *Microsoft Research Asia (China), Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3257-3077

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: Rigorous evaluation of generalist medical artificial intelligence (GMAI) is imperative to ensure their utility and safety before implementation in health care. Current evaluation strategies rely heavily on benchmarks, which can suffer from issues with data contamination and cannot explain how GMAI might fail (lacking explanatory power) or in what circumstances (lacking predictive power). To address these limitations, we propose a new methodology to improve the quality of GMAI evaluation using construct-oriented processes. Drawing on modern psychometric techniques, we introduce approaches to construct identification and present alternative assessment formats for different domains of professional skills, knowledge, and behaviors that are essential for safe practice. We also discuss the need for human oversight in future GMAI adoption.

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Artificial IntelligenceBenchmarkingPsychometricsHumansbenchmarkconstruct-oriented evaluationdata contaminationexplanatory powergeneralist medical artificial intelligencehealth carehuman oversightpredictive powerpsychometrics

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PMID40418851
PMCPMC12129431

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