MedQA-MA: A Moroccan Arabic medical question-answering dataset for virtual healthcare assistants and large language models

Key Points

• The dataset enhances capabilities of virtual healthcare assistants in understanding Moroccan Arabic.
• Incorporating 10,000 medical questions and answers, it supports natural language processing advancements.
• Analysis of data showed diverse medical topics, aiding in comprehensive AI training efforts.
• Highlights significant gaps in current datasets, indicating a need for more inclusive resources in healthcare AI.