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Fig. 3 | BMC Medical Education

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

Fig. 3

Flow chart illustrating the class plan. An introduction was followed by an in-class on-line student survey determining student perception of the importance of learning about rare conditions. Results of the survey were briefly examined. An in-class computer simulation was then performed. The simulation yielded the number of patients that the current class can expect to encounter throughout the entirety of their clinical careers, who suffer discrete conditions ranging from high to negligibly low prevalence. Results were examined at the level of individual clinicians, as well as for the entire class cohort considered together. The in-class survey was then repeated, noting any appreciable change in perception of the importance of learning about rare conditions. The educational strategy employed to assist students in their future learning, was then discussed

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