Fig. 4
From: Career-computer simulation increases perceived importance of learning about rare diseases
Scattergrams of a typical career simulation for a cohort of graduating students. Ninety-seven students were simulated, practicing for 30 years, and changing practice from 2 to 10 times. Each dot shown indicates the number of cases seen by colour as per the given colour code (1 case is black, through to > = 300 cases as magenta). a The total number of cases of each condition across all years for the entire simulated clinician cohort is shown. Relating condition code to prevalence as per Fig. 1, many simulated patients with rare conditions were encountered by the entire simulated cohort in their combined careers. b Results for the entire simulated cohort in their first year of practice are shown. It is clear that the simulated cohort encountered a wide range of rare conditions even in their first year of practice. c Results for all simulated clinicians, all years of practice, and all conditions are shown. Even conditions with extremely low prevalence were encountered by the simulated graduated cohort throughout their careers. d Results for the entirety of the careers of the first three clinicians are shown (di, dii, diii). Condition codes with low prevalence appearing in multiple consecutive years, represent simulated conditions that are congenital/persistent. These are only lost when the simulated clinician changes practice. Throughout the entirety of the simulated careers shown, each simulated clinician encountered numerous rare conditions