BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making - Latest articlesThe latest articles from BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (ISSN 1472-6947) published by BioMed CentralMeasurement properties of the Inventory of Cognitive Bias in Medicine (ICBM)- May 28, 2008 Background: Understanding how doctors think may inform both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Developing such an understanding requires valid and reliable measurement tools. We examined the measurement properties of the Inventory of Cognitive Bias in Medicine (ICBM), designed to tap this domain with specific reference to medicine, but with previously questionable measurement properties. Methods: First year postgraduate entry medical students at Flinders University, and trainees..http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/8/20 The interpretation of systematic reviews with meta-analyses: an objective or subjective process- May 21, 2008 Background: Discrepancies between the conclusions of different meta-analyses (quantitative syntheses of systematic reviews) are often ascribed to methodological differences. The objective of this study was to determine the discordance in interpretations when meta-analysts are presented with identical data. Methods: We searched the literature for all randomized clinical trials (RCT) and review articles on the efficacy of intravenous magnesium in the early post-myocardial infarction period. We...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/8/19 Script Concordance Tests: Guidelines for Construction- May 6, 2008 Background: SCT is used to assess clinical reasoning in ambiguous or uncertain situations. It allows testing on real-life situations that are not adequately measured with current tests. It probes the multiple judgments that are made in the clinical reasoning process. Scoring reflects the degree of concordance of these judgments to those of a panel of reference experts.MethodSCT is an item format that is gaining acceptance in education in the health professions. However, there are no detailed...http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/8/18 |