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Development, Evaluation, and Assessment of Large Language Models (DEAL) Checklist
| Reporting guideline provided for? (i.e. exactly what the authors state in the paper) |
DEAL-A: Intended for studies involving substantial LLM development, advanced techniques, or comprehensive fine-tuning DEAL-B: Tailored for more straightforward applications utilizing pretrained LLMs with minimal adjustments or a focus on prompt engineering |
| Full bibliographic reference | Tripathi S, Alkhulaifat D, Doo FX, Rajpurkar P, McBeth R, Daye D, Cook TS. Development, Evaluation, and Assessment of Large Language Models (DEAL) Checklist: A Technical Report. NEJM AI. 2025; 2: 6. |
| Date of publication / Ahead of print date | 2025 |
| Language | English |
| DOI | 10.1056/AIp2401106 |
| Relevant URLs (full-text if available) |
Read the full text of DEAL. The DEAL checklists can be found in the supplementary material. |
| Reporting guideline acronym | DEAL |
| Study design | Artificial intelligence/Machine learning studies, Diagnostic and prognostic studies |
| Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report? | Whole report |
| Record last updated on | June 20, 2025 |