Large Language Model–Assisted Thematic Coding in Medical Education Research: Comparative Methodological Study

Alexa DeRegnaucourt   ¹ , MS ;   Katherine Miller Jennings   ¹ , MD ;   Andrew Zahn   ¹ , MD ;   Neal Taliwal   ¹ , BS ;   Matthew Kelleher   ^{2, 3} , MEd, MD ;   Christine Yang Zhou   ⁴ , DO ;   Seth Overla   ^{1, 5} , MS ;   Sally A Santen   ^{5, 6} , MD, PhD ;   Danielle Elliott Weber   ^{2, 3} , MEd, MD ;   Laurah Turner   ^{5, 7} , PhD

¹ College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

² Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

³ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁴ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁵ Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States

⁷ Department of Biostatistics, Health Informatics and Data Science, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States