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Professionalism and Bioethics
Define beneficence nonmaleficence...,
Describe paternalism,
Describe deontological vs consequ...
3  cards
Clinical Epidemiology & Abnormality
Describe the uneven skewed distri...,
Describe validity accuracy vs rel...,
Describe regression to the mean
3  cards
Clinical Epidemiology Diagnosis I
Describe accuracy vs precision on...,
Describe the equation for prevalence,
Describe the equation for accuracy
8  cards
Clinical Epi. Diagnosis II
Summarize the equations for sensi...,
If the sensitivity of the test is...,
If sensitivity is high then you c...
10  cards
Clinical Epi. Bias-Chance-Confounding
Describe interviewer bias and rec...,
Describe steretyping halo effect ...,
Describe the healthy worker effect
7  cards
Intro to Community and Preventive Medicine
Descirbe the 2 approaches to prim...,
Describe a potential disease tran...,
Describe infections associated wi...
5  cards
Clin. Epi. Frequency of Disease/Risk/Prognosis
Describe the ways to calculate mo...,
Describe prevalence,
Contrast point vs period prevalence
13  cards
Clin. Epi. Study Designs - Observational
Describe epidemiologic study desi...,
Describe case control studies,
Describe cross sectional studies
4  cards
Clin. Epi. Study Designs - Experimental
Describe randomized controlled tr...,
Describe the advantages vs disadv...,
Describe the principle of equipoise
16  cards
Clin. Epi. Therapy and Treatment Effects
1  cards
Summarizing the Evidence and Meta-analysis
Describe the types of reviews,
Describe a meta analysis,
Summarize the hierarchy of studies
9  cards
Other Outcomes and Causation
Describe temporality,
Describe consistency,
Describe a biological gradient
8  cards
Descriptive Statistics and Distributions
Biomedical data can be ___ ____ _...,
If the measure is constrained to ...,
Describe application of the mean ...
11  cards
Standard Normal Distribution
Describe the z score,
Give an example of calculating z ...,
If the mean is ______ the data is...
3  cards
Confidence Intervals
A confidence interval establishes...,
How do you interpret the z score ...,
What is the equation for standard...
7  cards
Principle of Screening and Immunization
Define screening,
Give examples of screening tests,
Describe the intrinsic properties...
21  cards
Outbreaks, Public Health Surveillance and Physician Reporting
List the 6 steps of outbreak inve...,
List steps 7 13 of outbreaking in...,
Describe endemic vs epidemic
15  cards
Hypotheses
Contrast type 1 error vs type 2 e...,
Describe a posteriori tests,
Describe how to spot multiple com...
3  cards
Statistical Power
Describe when false positive are ...,
Describe minimizing the harm from...,
Power is higher if between group ...
7  cards
Hypothesis Tests: Categories
Summarize which test to use given...,
Describe chi squared tests,
Describe the equation for chi squ...
10  cards
Linear Associations
Describe r pearsons correlation,
Describe r2,
Describe the general rule of r2 a...
8  cards
Linear Regression
Describe advantages of a linear m...,
Describe interpreting multiple re...
2  cards
Environmental and Occupational Health
Define environment,
Describe hazard vs risk,
Describe the relationship between...
13  cards
Choice of Tests
Give examples of,
Describe the correlation between ...,
Summarize how to choose a statist...
3  cards
Taking an Occupational History
List potential occupational hazards,
Describe the correlation between ...,
Describe the relationship between...
4  cards
Environmental Determinants of Disease
Describe the impact of pm25 parti...,
Summarize the impact of pm25 on h...,
Describe the impact of ground lev...
8  cards
Preventing Heart Disease and DM T2
List the novel risk factors for c...,
List the new blood pressure categ...,
Describe lipid management goals
5  cards
Patient Safety
Describe the common causes of uns...,
Name the,
Name the human factors that contr...
12  cards
Death Certificate and Mortality Stats
Describe part 1 of cause of death...,
Describe the part immediate cause,
Describe the path of how death ce...
8  cards
Understanding Healthcare Systems
The us has the most ____ health c...,
Explain the pressures,
Describe the specific challenges ...
27  cards
Health Systems: Access to Care & Disparities
Describe cobra,
Describe emtala
2  cards
Health Systems: Reimbursing Health Care Providers
Describe fee for service,
Describe payment per episode of i...,
List the risks for payment per ep...
17  cards
Health Systems: US Organization and Delivery
Describe the dawson model uk heal...,
Describe the dispersed model us h...,
Describe the impact of health car...
12  cards
Respect for Persons
Describe the unesco universal dec...,
Describe fidelity autonomy veraci...,
Describe natonson v kline 1960
8  cards
Informed Consent - Ethical and Legal Perspectives
Define medical battery,
Define medical battery,
Describe the core complaint of in...
21  cards
Research Ethics
Describe the response to the tusk...,
Describe the belmont report 1978,
List the subparts of the us dhhs ...
6  cards
The Responsible Conduct of Research
Describe the goal of research,
How do conflict of interests chal...,
List 3 problems with animal models
8  cards
Public Health Ethics
Name 2 criteria for special dutie...,
Describe the approaches to vector...
2  cards
Medical Ethics
Maintaining and repairing doctor ...,
Describe hippocratic codes vs non...,
What is the value of oath taking
5  cards
Start of Life
Describe the human fertilization ...,
The legal view of when a fetus de...,
Contrast necessary vs sufficient ...
11  cards
End of Life Care
Describe the trajectories seen,
Describe hospice and palliative m...,
Name the 5 key symptoms to contro...
11  cards
End of Life Ethics
List the medical standards for death,
A person can be legally dead even...,
Describe an advance directive and...
15  cards
Confidentiality and Treatment Relationships
Providers may ___ to treat for an...,
List the 3 limits to refusal,
Describe contraindications to tre...
14  cards
Medical Malpractice
Describe medical malpractice,
List common reasons for malpracti...,
Describe malpractice compensation
15  cards
Physician Impairment
Name the top 3 abused substances ...,
Describe which physicians abuse w...,
_____ is the most common reason f...
9  cards
Skills for Professional Communication
List the 4 professional competencies,
____ is the 3rd leading cause of ...,
List the barriers to interprofess...
6  cards
Stress, Burnout, Resilience
What drives burnout and what are ...,
What does burnout lead to,
Define psychological stress
13  cards
Family Violence
List the characteristics that inc...,
Describe the rates of the differe...,
Describe the percentage breakdown...
7  cards
Community Approaches to Substance Use Disorder
Describe the transtheoretical mod...,
Describe the health belief model,
Contrast universal programs selec...
5  cards
Culture and Medicine I and II
____ tend to receive lower qualit...,
Describe 3 things that lead to th...,
Describe the core paradox
17  cards
Critical Thinking in Medicine
Contrast science research vs medi...,
List the criteria for critically ...,
Describe what a guideline is
4  cards

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