Training in statistical analysis reduces the framing effect among medical students and residents in Argentina.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The framing effect refers to a phenomenon wherein, when the same problem is presented using different representations of information, people make significant changes in their decisions. This study aimed to explore whether the framing effect could be reduced in medical students and residents by teaching them the statistical concepts of effect size, probability, and sampling for use in the medical decision-making process.

Methods

Ninety-five second-year medical students and 100 second-year medical residents of Austral University and Buenos Aires University, Argentina were invited to participate in the study between March and June 2017. A questionnaire was developed to assess the different types of framing effects in medical situations. After an initial administration o

SUBMITTER: Borracci RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577882 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature