Knowledge-based modeling and simulation of diseases with highly differentiated clinical manifestations

M McShane, S Nirenburg, S Beale, B Jarrell… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2007 - Springer
This paper presents the cognitive model of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
developed for the Maryland Virtual Patient simulation and mentoring environment. GERD …

Computer-based testing in family practice certification and recertification

MD Hagen, W Sumner, G Roussel… - The Journal of the …, 2003 - Am Board Family Med
Background: The member boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties have agreed
to expand the scope of certification to include assessment of medical knowledge, practice …

The item generation methodology of an empiric simulation project

W Sumner, MD Hagen, R Rovinelli - Advances in health sciences …, 1999 - Springer
Abstract The American Board of Family Practice (ABFP) is developing a computer-based
testing system that will create realistic clinical encounters using an adaptation of an item …

Simulating patients with Parallel Health State Networks.

W Sumner 2nd, M Truszczynski… - Proceedings of the AMIA …, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The American Board of Family Practice is developing a computer-based
recertification process to generate patient simulations from a knowledge base. Simulated …

Design and use of clinical ontologies: curricular goals for the education of health-telematics professionals

MA Musen - User Acceptance of Health Telematics Applications, 2000 - ebooks.iospress.nl
In computer science, the notion of a domain ontology-a formal specification of the concepts
and of the relationships among concepts that characterize an application are a-has received …

Modeling fatigue.

W Sumner 2nd, JZ Xu - Proceedings of the AMIA Symposium, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The American Board of Family Practice is developing a patient simulation program
to evaluate diagnostic and management skills. The simulator must give temporally and …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling relief

II Walton Sumner, JZ Xu, G Roussel… - AMIA Annual …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The American Board of Family Medicine deployed virtual patient simulations in
2004 to evaluate Diplomates' diagnostic and management skills. A previously reported …

[PDF][PDF] Creating evolution scenarios for hybrid systems

VW Marek, W Sumner, M Truszczynski - Proceedings of IEEE-SMC …, 1996 - academia.edu
We discuss the evolution scenarios for hybrid systems described by families of parameters
changing in time. The systems are in discrete states and the transitions between states are …

Professional formation of physicians focused on improving care

I Philibert, PV Miles - Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care: Volume 2 …, 2015 - Springer
There is evidence that many patients do not receive optimum care despite efforts to improve
health care quality. Society expects physicians to improve care for their patients, and to lead …

about each figure without receiving any MethodshInfMedlo989, 28 (4): 346-51.

II Walton Sumner - europepmc.org
Lay subjects' comprehensionof the VMML 2. Booch G, Rumbaugh J, Jacobson I. The unified
was evaluated using illustration. s of modeling language user guide. Reading, MA …