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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 2013 Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results Go to Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results 2011 Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification examination: are superior test-taking skills alone sufficient to pass? Go to Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification examination: are superior test-taking skills alone sufficient to pass? 2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success 2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
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 2013 Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results Go to Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results 2011 Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification examination: are superior test-taking skills alone sufficient to pass? Go to Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification examination: are superior test-taking skills alone sufficient to pass? 2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success 2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
2013 Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results Go to Criterion-referenced examinations: implications for the reporting and interpretation of examination results
2011 Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification examination: are superior test-taking skills alone sufficient to pass? Go to Performance on the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) certification examination: are superior test-taking skills alone sufficient to pass?
2017 The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success Go to The American Board of Family Medicine: New Tools to Assist Program Directors and Graduates Achieve Success
2016 Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety Go to Transforming physician certification to support physician self-motivation and capacity to improve quality and safety
