Episode 147: Choosing and Interpreting Diagnostic Tests

Studies show even qualified Health Care Professionals are poor at understanding basic concepts such as sensitivity, specificity (measures of test accuracy) and issues to do with probability… Do you know what Bayes’ Theorem is? Do you know your predictive values? Why can even highly sensitive tests miss diseases?Listen to the weeks episode of MEMcast with Dr Rachel Saville and Dr Nicola Cooper to find out!