Ines Alves, Paula Campos Pinto, Teresa Janela Pinto
Developing inclusive education in Portugal: Evidence and challenges
Prospects
many physicians know accurately interpret test results using bayes rule remedy two kinds interventions shown effective boosting insight boosting agency natural frequencies boost insight test statistics provided natural frequencies rather conditional probabilities without instructions use boost agency training provided translate probabilities natural frequencies apply bayes rule shown whether boosting agency sufficient representing test statistics natural frequencies may additionally boost insight maximize accurate test interpretation used preposttest design assess test interpretation accuracy 577 medical students training two bayesian reasoning tasks one providing conditional probabilities natural frequencies pretest assessed baseline abilities versus effect natural frequencies boost insight participants received training translate conditional probabilities natural frequencies apply bayes rule test interpretation skills assessed using tasks comparing effects traininginduced agency versus without additionally boosting insight ie test statistics natural frequencies versus conditional probabilities compared test question formatted conditional probabilities 34 correct answers natural frequencies facilitated bayesian reasoning without training 68 increased insight training use natural frequencies improved performance tasks formatted conditional probabilities 64 performance maximal training test statistics formatted natural frequencies combination boosting insight agency 89 natural frequencies used boost insight agency maximize effective use teaching resources thus mandating test statistics provided natural frequencies adopting short trainings translate conditional probabilities natural frequencies apply bayes rule help maximize accurate test interpretation study registered german clinical trial registry drks00008723 06032015