Career-computer simulation increases perceived importance of learning about rare diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rare diseases may be defined as occurring in less than 1 in 2000 patients. Such conditions are, however, so numerous that up to 5.9% of the population is afflicted by a rare disease. The gambling industry attests that few people have native skill evaluating probabilities. We believe that both students and academics, under-estimate the likelihood of encountering rare diseases. This combines with pressure on curriculum time, to reduce both student interest in studying rare diseases, and academic content preparing students for clinical practice. Underestimation of rare diseases, may also contribute to unhelpful blindness to considering such conditions in the clinic.

Methods

We first developed a computer simulation, modelling the number of cases of increasingly rare c

SUBMITTER: Sarrafpour B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8127215 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature