Teaching Bayesian reasoning: An evaluation of a classroom tutorial for medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 516-521

  Kurzenhäuser, Stephanie ^a   Hoffrage, Ulrich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING; TRAINING;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 0036760426     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159021000012540     Document Type: Article

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