This dataset includes 6696 postgraduate-level questions sourced from the national medical licensing examination necessary to practice the medical profession. These questions are split into two sub-areas. The clinical area includes 3390 questions related to the clinical practice, spanning over 9 different topics: General Surgery, Specialized Surgery, Internal Medicine, Legal Medicine and Public Health, Specialized Medicine, Sensory Organs, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Radiology, and Diagnostics; the preclinical area consists of 3306 questions related to the preclinical practice, spanning over 5 different topics: Pharmacology, Physiology, Morphology, Pathology, Prevention and Medical Ethics. Published in Buonocore et al., 2026.

How to cite

If you use this dataset, please cite it as:

Buonocore TM, Russo A, Mingarelli D, Parimbelli E (2026) Generalist large language models in a specialized world: Evidence from the Italian national medical education pathway. PLOS Digital Health 5(4): e0001363. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0001363

Dettagli (ITA)

Suddivisione delle domande per topic

Medicina Specialistica (1292 quesiti)
Chirurgia Generale (414)
Pediatria (303)
Medicina Interna (278)
Ostetricia e Ginecologia (253)
Medicina Legale e Sanitá Pubblica (247)
Chirurgia Specialistica (224)
Ragiologia e Diagnostica (215)
Organi di Senso (164)

Regole e Punteggi

L'esame consiste in 90 domande a risposta multipla estratte casualmente dal pool di 3390 domande, ognuna con 5 possibili risposte, di cui una sola corretta. Il calcolo del punteggio avviene come di seguito: