Lecture - EBP (Principles and Clinical Reasoning) Flashcards
What is clinical reasoning?
What is a diagnostic label?
Ability to sort
through a cluster of presenting symptoms,
examination findings and test results to give a diagnostic label
-put a diagnosis on someone as well as justify treatment strategy
A diagnostic label is then used to justify a treatment strategy, this is another reasoning approach
What (in general, broad terms), do sensitivity and specificity measure?
How well a test correctly identifies affected and unaffected people
On a 2x2 table, what do the columns describe and what do the rows describe?
What are the columns revealed by and what are the rows used for?
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How do you express uncertainty?
On a line
How do you do probability estimation?
Estimate probabilities using the central estimate - best one or something
What does the probability distribution reflect? Explain the story behind that graph on slide 9?
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A test (for which we use the test characteristics for) refers to any means of what?
Seeking information about a patent
-so like patient history, examination finding, chemical test, any other test, cytological
What are like three other names for prevalence?
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“How do we use information of sensitivity and specificity in clinical practice?”
Firstly, we need to know the _______ of the condition being tested or screened for
Secondly, we need to know the test _____ and ______
So what are the three steps to take?
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What is the posterior probability?
The probability after the test was done
If the patient comes back a year after the test was done, what will their ‘prevalence’ equivalent be?
The prior probability of having the disease (like that posterior prob)
What is the hypothetico-deductive approach to diagnosis?
Slide 42
Go read over that case example about the pain for the girl
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