Quantitative evaluation of the diagnostic thinking process in medical students

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 848-853

  Noguchi, Yoshinori ^a   Matsui, Kunihiko ^a   Imura, Hiroshi ^b,c   Kiyota, Masatomo ^b,c   Fukui, Tuguya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Iizuka Hospital ^*

^c ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Diagnostic thinking process; Post test probability; Pre test probability; Test characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; SKILL; STANDARD; THINKING;

EID: 0036434920     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2002.20139.x     Document Type: Article

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