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This course is designed to provide undergraduate medical students with a comprehensive understanding of the clinical reasoning and decision analysis processes. Students will learn the theoretical underpinnings of clinical decision making, shared and group decision-making and risk communication, including the numerical concepts and skills required for good interpretation of clinical evidence. This course will cover topics such as clinical decision making and modelling in medicine, shared and group decision making, definition and application of evidence-based medicine, clinical reasoning and associated errors, probabilities and Bayesian reasoning, diagnostic tests reasoning, decision analysis and Markov cohort models, clinical decision support systems, probabilistic sensitivity analysis and behavioral decision making. Ethical decision-making frameworks will be explored and applied to diverse educational and clinical situations. The importance of evidence-based decision-making will be emphasized, and students will learn how to identify, access, assess, and utilize quality evidence from science and other sources to make informed decisions. Integration of individual, societal, community, and global determinants of health into a shared medical decision-making approach to patient care and wellness will be a key focus. By the end of this course, students will have developed a strong foundation in the theoretical and practical aspects of medical decision-making, enabling them to make informed and effective decisions in their future medical practice. |