Ahmed H Mujamammi, Sultan A Alqahtani, Feras A Alqaidi, Bandar A Alharbi, Khaled M Alsubaie, Faisal E Alhaisoni, Essa M Sabi
Evaluation of Medical Students' Satisfaction With Using a Simulation-Based Learning Program as a Method for Clinical Teaching
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use formal quantitative risk assessment methods many scientists like people make mistakes exhibit biases reasoning causation ifthen relations evidence decisionrelated conclusions causal explanations reached prematurely based narrative plausibility rather adequate factual evidence confirming evidence sought emphasized disconfirming evidence ignored discounted tendency serious implications healthrelated public policy discussions decisions provide examples occurring antimicrobial health risk assessments including case study recently reported positive relation virginiamycin vm use poultry risk resistance vmlike streptogramin antibiotics humans finding used argue poultry consumption causes increased resistance risks serious health impacts may result therefore use vm poultry restricted however original study compared healthy vegetarians hospitalized poultry consumers examination data using conditional independence tests potential causality reveals poultry consumption acted surrogate hospitalization study accounting current hospitalization status evidence remains supporting causal relationship poultry consumption increased streptogramin resistance example emphasizes importance practical possibility analyzing presenting quantitative risk information using data analysis techniques bayesian model averaging bma conditional independence tests free possible potential selection confirmation modeling biases