--- dataset_info: - config_name: conversational features: - name: id dtype: string - name: prompt list: - name: role dtype: string - name: content dtype: string - name: completion list: - name: role dtype: string - name: content dtype: string - name: Label dtype: string splits: - name: train num_bytes: 125768683 num_examples: 182822 - name: dev num_bytes: 2950917 num_examples: 4183 - name: test num_bytes: 3894526 num_examples: 6150 download_size: 36295736 dataset_size: 132614126 - config_name: processed features: - name: Question dtype: string - name: Explanation dtype: string - name: Option_A dtype: string - name: Option_B dtype: string - name: Option_C dtype: string - name: Option_D dtype: string - name: id dtype: string - name: Label dtype: string splits: - name: train num_bytes: 124419306 num_examples: 182822 - name: dev num_bytes: 2089678 num_examples: 4183 - name: test num_bytes: 1201595 num_examples: 6150 download_size: 86571328 dataset_size: 127710579 - config_name: source features: - name: question dtype: string - name: exp dtype: string - name: cop dtype: int64 - name: opa dtype: string - name: opb dtype: string - name: opc dtype: string - name: opd dtype: string - name: subject_name dtype: string - name: topic_name dtype: string - name: id dtype: string - name: choice_type dtype: string splits: - name: train num_bytes: 131903307 num_examples: 182822 - name: dev num_bytes: 2221428 num_examples: 4183 - name: test num_bytes: 1400888 num_examples: 6150 download_size: 87908602 dataset_size: 135525623 configs: - config_name: conversational data_files: - split: train path: conversational/train-* - split: dev path: conversational/dev-* - split: test path: conversational/test-* - config_name: processed data_files: - split: train path: processed/train-* - split: dev path: processed/dev-* - split: test path: processed/test-* - config_name: source data_files: - split: train path: source/train-* - split: dev path: source/dev-* - split: test path: source/test-* license: cc-by-sa-4.0 task_categories: - multiple-choice - question-answering language: - en pretty_name: MedMCQA size_categories: - 100K50,000 WBC mL). These extreme elevations are sometimes called leukemoid reactions because they are similar to the white cell counts observed in leukemia, from which they must be distinguished. The leukocytosis occurs initially because of the accelerated release of granulocytes from the bone marrow (caused by cytokines, including TNF and IL-1) There is a rise in the number of both mature and immature neutrophils in the blood, referred to as a shift to the left. In contrast to bacterial infections, viral infections (including infectious mononucleosis) are characterized by lymphocytosis Parasitic infestations and certain allergic reactions cause eosinophilia, an increase in the number of circulating eosinophils. Leukopenia is defined as an absolute decrease in the circulating WBC count.", "cop":1, "opa":"Leukemoid reaction", "opb":"Leukopenia", "opc":"Myeloid metaplasia", "opd":"Neutrophilia", "subject_name":"Pathology", "topic_name":"Basic Concepts and Vascular changes of Acute Inflammation", "id":"4e1715fe-0bc3-494e-b6eb-2d4617245aef", "choice_type":"single" } ``` ### Data Fields #### Source Format - `id` : a string question identifier for each example - `question` : question text (a string) - `opa` : Option A - `opb` : Option B - `opc` : Option C - `opd` : Option D - `cop` : Correct option (Answer of the question) - `choice_type` : Question is `single-choice` or `multi-choice` - `exp` : Expert's explanation of the answer - `subject_name` : Medical Subject name of the particular question - `topic_name` : Medical topic name from the particular subject ### Data Splits TO:DO ## Additional Information ### Dataset Curators #### Original Paper - Ankit Pal (ankit.pal@saama.com) - Saama AI Research Chennai, India - Logesh Kumar Umapathi (logesh.umapathi@saama.com) - Saama AI Research Chennai, India - Malaikannan Sankarasubbu (malaikannan.sankarasubbu@saama.com) - Saama AI Research Chennai, India #### Huggingface Curator - [Artur Guimarães](https://araag2.netlify.app/) (artur.guimas@gmail.com) - INESC-ID / University of Lisbon - Instituto Superior Técnico ### Licensing Information [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) ### Citation Information ``` @InProceedings{pmlr-v174-pal22a, title = {MedMCQA: A Large-scale Multi-Subject Multi-Choice Dataset for Medical domain Question Answering}, author = {Pal, Ankit and Umapathi, Logesh Kumar and Sankarasubbu, Malaikannan}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Conference on Health, Inference, and Learning}, pages = {248--260}, year = {2022}, editor = {Flores, Gerardo and Chen, George H and Pollard, Tom and Ho, Joyce C and Naumann, Tristan}, volume = {174}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, month = {07--08 Apr}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v174/pal22a/pal22a.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v174/pal22a.html}, } ``` [10.1016/j.patter.2022.100445](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2022.100445) ### Contributions Thanks to [araag2](https://github.com/araag2) for adding this dataset.