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Home Research Research Library Modeling relief Modeling relief 2007 Author(s) Sumner, W, Xu, J Z, Roussel, G H, and Hagen, Michael D Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Source AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings The American Board of Family Medicine deployed virtual patient simulations in 2004 to evaluate Diplomates’ diagnostic and management skills. A previously reported dynamic process generates general symptom histories from time series data representing baseline values and reactions to medications. The simulator also must answer queries about details such as palliation and provocation. These responses often describe some recurring pattern, such as, “this medicine relieves my symptoms in a few minutes.” The simulator can provide a detail stored as text, or it can evaluate a reference to a second query object. The second query object can generate details using a single Bayesian network to evaluate the effect of each drug in a virtual patient’s medication list. A new medication option may not require redesign of the second query object if its implementation is consistent with related drugs. We expect this mechanism to maintain realistic responses to detail questions in complex simulations. Read More ABFM Research Read all 1993 Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations Go to Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations 2015 Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination: comparison of initial certfiers with experienced physicians Go to Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination: comparison of initial certfiers with experienced physicians 2021 Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake Go to Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake 2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
Author(s) Sumner, W, Xu, J Z, Roussel, G H, and Hagen, Michael D Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings Source AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings
ABFM Research Read all 1993 Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations Go to Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations 2015 Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination: comparison of initial certfiers with experienced physicians Go to Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination: comparison of initial certfiers with experienced physicians 2021 Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake Go to Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake 2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
1993 Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations Go to Performances of family practice diplomates on successive mandatory recertification examinations
2015 Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination: comparison of initial certfiers with experienced physicians Go to Performance on the Maintenance of Certification for Family Physicians (MC-FP) examination: comparison of initial certfiers with experienced physicians
2021 Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake Go to Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake
2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator