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Modeling relief.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18693928     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
Walton Sumner; Jin Zhong Xu; Guy Roussel; Michael D Hagen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-10-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1942-597X     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2007  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-12     Completed Date:  2008-11-18     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101209213     Medline TA:  AMIA Annu Symp Proc     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  706-10     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Algorithms
Angina Pectoris / drug therapy
Bayes Theorem
Clinical Competence
Computer Simulation*
Drug Therapy*
Educational Measurement / methods
Family Practice / standards
Humans
Neural Networks (Computer)*
Palliative Care*
Patient Simulation*
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