2007-06-07
The Contribution of Analytic Information Processing to Diagnostic Performance in Medicine
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Analytische verwerking van informatie en diagnostische prestatie in de geneeskunde
Is analytic processing of relevant biomedical concepts associated with diagnostic performance when solving acid-base and electrolyte problems? Our starting point was to question whether analytic processing of biomedical information had any association with diagnostic performance. In Chapter 2 we used think aloud to assess information processing in an observational study designed to be sensitive to this association: we chose a non-visual domain in which subjects were given lab data – electrolyte and acid-base problems – and considered analysis of even one relevant biomedical concept, chosen a priori, to represent analytic processing of relevant biomedical concepts. We studied nephrologists and first-year medical students – assuming the former had both clinical experience and biomedical knowledge, while the latter had biomedical knowledge but minimal clinical experience – to assess whether the association varied with clinical experience. We predicted that if analytic processing of relevant biomedical concepts is helpful when diagnosing electrolyte and acid-base problems then it should be used frequently and have a positive association with diagnostic performance. Alternatively, if analytic processing of relevant biomedical concepts is unhelpful then it should be used infrequently and have either no association or a negative association with diagnostic performance.
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Schmidt, Prof. Dr. H.G. (promotor) | |
H.G. Schmidt (Henk) | |
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Organisation | Department of Psychology |
McLaughlin, K. (2007, June 7). The Contribution of Analytic Information Processing to Diagnostic Performance in Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/10198 |