Strategy of the medical decision [ WESP2234 ]
3.0 crédits ECTS
30.0 h
2q
| Teacher(s) |
Robert Annie (coordinator) ;
Habimana Laurence ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Bruxelles Woluwe
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| Main themes |
The first part addresses the use and interpretation of diagnostic tests. That includes the basic characteristics (sensitivity, specificity, predictive value) ; the potential biases ; the ROC curves ; the Bayesian analysis ; the threshold probabilities. The second part analyzes the expected outcomes from a test or a treatment : utility concept, life expectancy. The third part includes clinical reasoning, decision-making, and cost-efficacy. These concepts are illustrated by clinical exemples taken from the diagnostic procedures used in medicine.
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| Aims |
To teach the rationale of the diagnostic procedure and the basis of clinical reasoning, using methods taken from epidemiology and statistics.
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| Other information |
Written examination.
References : 1. Sox HC, Medical decision making, Butterworths ; 2. Grenier B, Evaluation de la décision médicale, Masson ; 3. Kassirer JP et Kopelman RI, Learning clinical reasoning, Williams & Wilkins ; 4. Friedland DJ et al, Evidence-based medicine, Lange ; 5. Weinstein, Clinical decision analysis, Saunders.
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Cycle et année
d'étude |
> Master [120] in Public Health
> Master [120] in Biomedicine
> Certificat universitaire en dentisterie conservatrice et endodontie
> Certificat universitaire en dentisterie pédiatrique
> Certificat universitaire en prothèse dentaire
> Preparatory year for Master in Biomedicine
> Master [240] in Medecine
> Master [120] in Statistics: Biostatistics
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
> FSP
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