Use of the Competing-Hypotheses Heuristic to Reduce "Pseudodiagnosticity.".

Wolf, Fredric M. And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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Use of the Competing-Hypotheses Heuristic to Reduce "Pseudodiagnosticity."

Wolf, Fredric M. And Others

Journal of Medical Education, v63 n7 p548-54 Jul 1988

The efficacy of an educational intervention in teaching medical students to select optimal diagnostic data consistent with the competing-hypotheses heuristic and Bayes' theorem when solving clinical problems was examined. The results suggest that some problem-solving skills can be enhanced or learned independent of the acquisition of content knowledge. (Author/MLW)

Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinical Experience, Competition, Decision Making, Heuristics, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Intervention, Medical Education, Medical Students, Problem Solving

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Language: English

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