Estela Lajthia, Miranda G Law, Jamila Jorden, Bryanna Haynes, Mary K Awuonda, Muhammad Habib, Youness R Karodeh, La'Marcus T Wingate
The impact of critical thinking skills on student pharmacist GPA at a historically Black university
Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning
psychological medical research patients assumed difficulties health statistics clinicians however studies indicate doctors problems understanding health statistics including speciality example two 20 urologists knew information relevant patient make informed decision whether take psa screening prostate cancer 14 65 physicians internal medicine understood 5year survival rates tell anything screenings benefit merely 34 160 gynecologists able interpret meaning positive test result statistical illiteracy direct effect patients understanding interpretation medical issues rarely limited health literacy doctors misinformation make suffer time emotional distress unnecessary anxiety main reasons doctors statistical illiteracy medical schools ignore importance teaching risk communication little effort doctors could taught simple techniques risk communication would make statistical confusion disappear