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Using the likelihood ratioTadao Okada
Kameda Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
J Fam Pract 54:127-8. 2005
Physician numeracy as the basis for an evidence-based medicine curriculumGoutham Rao
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Acad Med 85:1794-9. 2010..An EBM curriculum based on physician numeracy is described, together with the challenges inherent to this approach...- Childhood obesity: highlights of AMA Expert Committee recommendationsGoutham Rao
Weight Management and Wellness Center, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am Fam Physician 78:56-63. 2008.... - Probability error in diagnosis: the conjunction fallacy among beginning medical studentsGoutham Rao
Department of Pediatrics and UPMC St Margaret Family Medicine Residency, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Fam Med 41:262-5. 2009..It is one type of cognitive error in estimation of probability to which physicians are known to be prone. The purpose of this study was to determine whether beginning medical students are also prone to the conjunction fallacy... - Physician numeracy: essential skills for practicing evidence-based medicineGoutham Rao
Department of Pediatrics, UPMC St Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program and Center for EBM Education, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Fam Med 40:354-8. 2008..Objectives for a numeracy curriculum based on a recent research article and a curriculum using an EBM framework are described... - Office-based strategies for the management of obesityGoutham Rao
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am Fam Physician 81:1449-56 ; quiz 1429. 2010.... - Number needed to treatGoutham Rao
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Fam Pract 52:866. 2003 - Does this patient have Parkinson disease?Goutham Rao
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3518 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
JAMA 289:347-53. 2003..Diagnosis of Parkinson disease (PD) remains challenging. An accurate diagnosis is important because effective symptomatic treatment for PD is available... - What is an ROC curve?Goutham Rao
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St Margaret, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Fam Pract 52:695. 2003 - Remembering the meanings of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive valuesGoutham Rao
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburg Medical Center-St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Fam Pract 53:53. 2004 - Interpretation of confidence intervalsGoutham Rao
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Family Practice Residency, UPMC-St. Margaret, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Fam Pract 52:970. 2003 - The problem with PsGoutham Rao
Department of Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Fam Pract 53:192. 2004 - Childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitusTamara S Hannon
Division of Weight Management and Wellness, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Pediatrics 116:473-80. 2005..Health care professionals are advised to perform the appropriate screening in children at risk for T2DM, diagnose the condition as early as possible, and provide rigorous management of the disease... - Pediatric obesity-related counseling in the outpatient settingGoutham Rao
Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Weight Management and Wellness Center, UPMC St Margaret Family Medicine Residency, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Ambul Pediatr 5:377-9. 2005..0% in 2001 and 15.4% in 2002. CONCLUSIONS: Obesity-related counseling has become an important part of ambulatory care, which suggests increasing awareness of this serious problem... - Management of GERD. Current primary care approachesGoutham Rao
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
J Fam Pract . 2005 - Effect of a PDA-assisted evidence-based medicine course on knowledge of common clinical problemsRoland M Grad
Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fam Med 37:734-40. 2005..This study's objective was to determine if PDA-assisted EBM training would improve clinical knowledge... - Intention-to-treat analysis: protecting the integrity of randomizationKiame J Mahaniah
Lawrence Family Medicine Residency, MA, USA
J Fam Pract 53:644. 2004 - Clinical research in family medicine: quantity and quality of published articlesJoel Merenstein
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St Margaret, PA 15201, USA
Fam Med 35:284-8. 2003..Publication of clinical research in peer-reviewed journals is an important measure of scholarly productivity. This study determined the quantity and quality of original clinical research published by family physicians... - Introduction of handheld computing to a family practice residency programGoutham Rao
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, St. Margaret, PA 15215, USA
J Am Board Fam Pract 15:118-22. 2002..CONCLUSION: Structured training is a successful strategy for introducing handheld computing to a residency program...