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Education and Board Prep Review

NEW FOR 2017! Fast Facts for the Family Medicine Board Review Frank J. Domino, MD A new, high-yield review for ABFM certification. d d Organized by ABFM sections and follows the exam format so information is easier for residents and practitioners to review d d Review content is weighted similarly to the exam

Chapter 1

General Facts

What is the definition of sensitivity?

True positive rate

What is the definition of specificity?

True negative rate

How is the number needed to treat defined?

Number needed to treat (NNT) to pre- vent one undesirable outcome. NNT is equal to the inverse of the absolute rela- tive risk (ARR).

1 ARR incidence (control group) incidence (treated group)

NNT

What is absolute relative risk equal to?

ARR incidence (control group) incidence (treated group)

How is the proportional decrease in disease incidence in the treated group relative to the incidence in the control group defined?

Relative risk reduction (RRR) RRR incidence (control group) incidence (treated group)/Incidence (control group)

What is the definition of p value?

The level of statistical significance.The value gives the likelihood of achieving the desired results of a studyby chance alone.

What is the confidence interval?

It is a measure of variance and is deter- mined by the test data.

Why have Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines been developed?

To provide a minimum standard for pri- vacy protection. Privacy notices must be provided at the first delivery of health services. In times of emergency related healthcare it is not necessary to provide notices at the time of the encounter but they are required after the emergency has ended.

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