ArticleAdvances in medical education and practice2026
The Perspective of Occupational Therapy Students Toward the Use of ChatGPT in Academics in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study.
Article in Advances in medical education and practice, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: This study aims to explore the experience of using ChatGPT in academics by occupational therapy students in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A qualitative study design was used to collect data via semi-structured individual interviews with undergraduate occupational therapy students at a Saudi Arabian University. Thematic analysis was used to process data into semantic themes and sub-themes. Results: The total number of students who participated in the study was eight, comprised of five males and three females. The study revealed ChatGPT's strengths, such as learning enhancement, efficiency, academic support, and generalizability. The weaknesses reported included inaccuracy, ethical problems, and out-of-context responses. Students highlighted academic opportunities like ChatGPT's potential as a learning support, a self-assessment tool, and an assistant for educators. The study findings validate academic research on the educational benefits and risks that ChatGPT presents. The system provides better learning alongside increased efficiency and research assistance, although it faces significant problems with misinformation in addition to users depending too heavily on the system and the ethical risks. Conclusion: The benefits and limitations of ChatGPT use as experienced by occupational therapy students in their learning and education were explored. Policymakers, academic institutions and educators need to take action toward effective ChatGPT implementation in educational settings. Future integration of artificial intelligence should focus on structured artificial intelligence literacy programs and institutional guidelines to maximize benefits while mitigating risks.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.