Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations

Value of information in virtual patient performance evaluations

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) uses virtual patients (VP) in Maintenance of Certification. User queries might be evaluated by calculating diagnostic value of information (VOI). Typical primary care queries address concerns far beyond efficient diagnosis. We identify practical constrain...

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Veröffentlicht in:AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings 2008-11, p.1149-1149
Hauptverfasser: Sumner, 2nd, Walton, Hagen, Michael D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Employee Performance Appraisal - methods
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Missouri
Patient Simulation
Primary Health Care - methods
Professional Competence
Software
User-Computer Interface
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Zusammenfassung:The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) uses virtual patients (VP) in Maintenance of Certification. User queries might be evaluated by calculating diagnostic value of information (VOI). Typical primary care queries address concerns far beyond efficient diagnosis. We identify practical constraints on VOI scoring in simulations of primary care practice. We imagine a Bayesian physician as the ideal candidate for VOI scoring. Bayesian physicians require an explicit decision making perspective and many local data.
ISSN:1559-4076