Appraising and applying evidence about a diagnostic test during a performance-based assessment

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bergus, George ^a   Vogelgesang, Scott ^a   Tansey, Janeta ^a   Franklin, Ellen ^a   Feld, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SIMULATION; SKILL; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATION; HEART FAILURE; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHIATRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IOWA; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8844253006     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-4-20     Document Type: Article

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