Basics of Diagnostic Testing: Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value and Negative Predictive Value
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This brief visual tutorial is intended to provide an intuitive understanding of diagnostic test sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value. Make sure to cement your knowledge of this difficult material by answering the 5 quiz questions! For more evidence based medicine learning, check out this comic.
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