To Treat or Not to Treat: Teaching Prototype
2018
In this video, Professor Myriam Hunink begins with “To treat or not to treat, that is the question...” Students are reminded of the influential factors in clinical decision making, such as the prior probability of disease, the benefits of treatment, and the harms of treatment.
Access the video. To Treat or Not to Treat: Teaching Prototype (~12 min)
Professor Hunink introduces the concept of thresholds. In this particular case, the threshold of interest is defined as the “probability of disease” above which you would treat and below which you would not treat. Students derive an explicit equation to calculate this threshold. That equation can be used to calculate the threshold probability above which action (e.g., treat) is indicated and below which inaction (e.g., do not treat) is best.
This video is one of a series developed by Professor Myriam Hunink during an immersion residency at the Center for Health Decision Science (CHDS) Media Hub. The video series reflect experiments to augment brick and mortar teaching with multimedia materials that emphasize visualization of basic concepts.
To Treat or Not to Treat: Teaching Prototype
Source:
To Treat or Not to Treat: Teaching Prototype. Teaching Pack: Teaching Prototypes for Decision Analysis. Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2018. https://vimeo.com/236607959/3e58983b3e