Sharon L Bourke, Lisa McKenna, Simon Cooper, Louisa Lam
Contextual determinants impacting final year nursing students' emergency team communication during deteriorating patient simulations: A grounded theory study
Nurse education today
background interpreting medical test results involves judging probabilities including making bayesian inferences judging positive negative predictive values although prior work shown experience formats eg slide shows representative patient cases produce accurate bayesian inferences description formats eg verbal statistical summaries disadvantages using experience format realworld medical decision making may solved presenting relevant information 2 2 table format furthermore medical decisions often made stressful contexts yet little known influence acute stress accuracy bayesian inferences study aimed replicate descriptionexperience format effect probabilistic judgments b examine judgment accuracy across description experience new 2 2 table format c assess effect acute stress probability judgments method study employed 2 stress condition 3 format factorial betweensubjects design participants n 165 completed bayesian inference task information medical screening test presented 1 3 formats description experience 2 2 table following laboratory stress induction nostress control condition results overall 2 2 table format produced accurate probability judgments including bayesian inferences compared description experience formats stress effect judgment accuracy discussion given accuracy practicality 2 2 table may better suited description experience formats communicating probabilistic information medical contexts