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Home Research Research Library Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis Value of information in virtual patients portraying pharyngitis 2008 Author(s) Sumner, W, and Hagen, Michael D Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Clinical Simulation, Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) uses virtual patients (VP) in Maintenance of Certification. Theoretically, the ABFM could score users on the value of information (VOI) in their queries. Pharyngitis, a prototypical primary care topic, appears practically intractable to VOI scoring. Problems include conflicting goals of various stakeholders and strong regional and temporal variability in disease characteristics. Nevertheless, the analysis yielded insights that may shift, or validate, the ABFM’s selection of scoring criteria. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System Go to Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System 1980 Family practice Go to Family practice 1989 Certificates of added qualifications Go to Certificates of added qualifications 2022 Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes to Honor the Social Contract Go to Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes to Honor the Social Contract
Author(s) Sumner, W, and Hagen, Michael D Topic(s) Education & Training, and Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Clinical Simulation, Cognitive Expertise, and Psychometrics Volume AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System Go to Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System 1980 Family practice Go to Family practice 1989 Certificates of added qualifications Go to Certificates of added qualifications 2022 Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes to Honor the Social Contract Go to Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes to Honor the Social Contract
2019 Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System Go to Recruiting and Training a Health Professions Workforce to Meet the Needs of Tomorrow’s Health Care System
2022 Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes to Honor the Social Contract Go to Measuring Graduate Medical Education Outcomes to Honor the Social Contract
