Multi-agent scaffolding showed no significant difference from the structured control in binary diagnostic accuracy or worksheet completion¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Correct initial diagnosis rates did not differ significantly between groups (86% control vs 84% multi-agent), nor did worksheet completion; equivalence was not tested, so this does not show the scaffolding had no effect. → Yang 2026

Evidence¶

Yang 2026¶

Yang, L., Liu, H., Li, S., Jia, R., Xiao, Y., Chen, G., & Lu, L. (2026). Evaluating Scaffolding-Oriented Multi-Agent Large Language Model System for Clinical Interview Training. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.10939 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.10939

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Exam-phase analysis of the randomized comparison found no between-group difference in binary diagnostic accuracy (86% CT vs 84% MA, P = 1.000) and no significant difference in worksheet completion (P = 0.729). No statistically significant difference; equivalence was not tested.

"Correct initial diagnoses were made in86%of control cases and84%of multi-agent cases( P = 1.000)(Figure 2c). Worksheet completion also did not differ significantly between groups(P= 0.729)."

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