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Research, Ethics and Safety study guides
Study guides for medical students, residents, nurses and pediatricians: each opens with Pedemy's decision tree, then the key facts from the board-review flashcards.
Consent, assent and confidentiality in pediatrics
Pediatric medical ethics for boards: the 4 principles, parental permission and assent, teen confidentiality, refusal of care, genetic testing and interpreters.
Study guide · Medical EthicsDiagnostic tests: sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV
Diagnostic test accuracy for board review: the 2×2 table, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, SnNout and SpPin, and how prevalence changes predictive values.
Study guide · Biostatistics & EpidemiologyDrug interactions
Drug interactions for board review: CYP inducers and inhibitors, grapefruit and simvastatin, St John's wort, warfarin with acetaminophen, lithium.
Study guide · PharmacologyPatient safety: just culture, RCA, FMEA and safety events
Patient safety for board review: just culture, FMEA, time-out, root cause analysis, near miss vs adverse event, sentinel events and look-alike drug errors.
Study guide · Patient Safety & Quality ImprovementPharmacokinetics
Pharmacokinetics for board review: first- vs zero-order kinetics, half-lives to steady state, first-pass effect, bioequivalence and renal dose adjustment.
Study guide · PharmacologyQuality improvement and care delivery
QI and care delivery for board review: PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma, outcome/process/balancing measures, QI vs research, medical home, telehealth and de-escalation.
Study guide · Patient Safety & Quality ImprovementStudy design and statistics
Study design and statistics for board review: cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, RCT, validity, type I/II error, power, p-values, NNT and prevalence.
Study guide · Biostatistics & Epidemiology