Clinical Epidemiology Flashcards
it answers clinical questions and guide clinical decision making
Clinical Medicine
Involved in methods used to answer the questions
Epidemiology
He introduced clin epi as a new basic science in preventive medicine
John Paul in 1938
what are the five evolutions and revolutions
Evidence generation
Rapid critical appraisal
Efficient storage and retrieval
Evidence-based medicine
Evidence synthesis
significance of clin epi
Improving evidence-based decision making
Improving patient outcomes
Resource allocation and policy making
Evaluating diagnostic tests, treatments, preventive measures
Improving evidence-based decision making
Improved disease prevention and control
Improving patient outcomes
Efficient use of resources and health policy development
Resource allocation and policy making
it utilizes prior research in a systematic and transparent way to inform a new study
Evidence-Based Research (EBR)
5 D’s (Health Outcomes of clin epi studies)
Death
Disease
Discomfort
Disability
Dissatisfaction
in reducing variability, it is within observer
Intraobserver variability
in reducing variability, it is between observer
Interobserver variability
If something is said to be true, when it is actually false
Type I Error, False Positive Error - Alpha Error
If something is said to be false, when it is actually true
Type II Error, True Negative Error - Beta Error
ability to detect a disease when present
Sensitivity
