The effects of proficiency and bias on residents' interpretation of the microscopic urinalysis

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 318-325

  Flach, Stephen D ^a,b   Canaris, Gay J ^a   Tape, Thomas G ^a   Huntley, Kathryn M ^a,c   Wigton, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Skyline Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Clinical information bias; Microscopic urinalysis; Probability estimates; Residents; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEBRASKA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0036079015     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X0202200410     Document Type: Article

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