Open AccessThe Inability to Calculate Predictive Values: an Old Problem that Has Not Gone Away
Author(s) -
Steven D. Stovitz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-00954-9
Subject(s) - predictive value , medical school , family medicine , disease , medicine , psychology , value (mathematics) , medical education , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Previous studies suggest that many physicians and medical trainees have trouble calculating the probability that a patient has a condition, also known as the predictive value.