Evidence-based Medicine I Course Guide (Archived): Week 7 10/23/18

Statistics Calculations

• November 13th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. See the Learning Center AIMS site for more information.
• November 16th from 12-1 pm. See the Learning Center AIMS site for more information

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE I

WEEK 7

October 23, 2018

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Quiz 3 Review Session with Dr. Baughman - October 26th from 12-1 pm in the NEW Center Auditorium
• Exam Review session – During class on November 13^th

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS:

• Faculty members have until December 1^st to grade your literature review assignment. You will receive your graded rubric via e-mail.

• Quiz is on October 30, 2018.
• Exam is on November 20^th   

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HOURS 1 and 2:

TOPIC: Diagnostic and Screening Tests Studies

FACULTY: Kristin Baughman, Ph.D.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

AT THE END OF THE LECTURE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Describe structure of studies evaluating diagnostic tests
• List 3 steps of appraising a diagnostic testing study
• Evaluate validity of a diagnostic testing study
• Evaluate the accuracy of a diagnostic test
• Calculate sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of a test
• Describe difference between ruling in and ruling out disease
• Describe how the prevalence of a disease affects a test’s accuracy
• Describe how serial and parallel testing affects accuracy
• Distinguish between screening and diagnostic testing
• Describe the benefits and risks of screening tests

 

BRING TO CLASS: Your laptop and clicker

SUPPLEMENTAL READING:

• Optional: Basic & Clinical Biostatistics e-book, Chapter 12
• Optional: Greenhalgh’s How to Read Paper, Chapter 8
• Personalized Chemotherapy: Understanding Clinical Trials – The Kaplan Meier Graph Video

CLASS RESOURCES:

• Evidence Based Medicine I course guide
• Practice statistics questions and answers (Go to the EBM I AIMS site --> Resources folder --> Statistics & Lecture Practice Questions folder).

 

UPCOMING ASSESSMENT

• Quiz next week – Quiz covers Dr. Baughman’s lectures (10/16/18, 10/23/18)