This is a recording of the Cochrane Canada Webinar with Dr. Mariska Leeflang, Co-Convenor of the Cochrane Screening and Diagnostic Tests Methods Group and a member of the Cochrane Diagnostic Test Accuracy Working Group.
This webinar discusses diagnostic tests in the context of evidence-based medicine and introduces diagnostic accuracy tests as most common sources of evidence. It explains the role of test in a diagnostic pathway and how diagnostic test accuracy is studied. Key steps of a diagnostic test accuracy review are presented.
- Describe the key features of diagnostic test accuracy study design
- Recognize the measures of diagnostic test accuracy, including sensitivity and specificity
- Outline the steps in a diagnostic test accuracy review
Cochrane Canada webinar series was produced with the support of Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Institute of Cancer, Institute of Circulatory and Respirtory Health, Institute of Gender and Health, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, and Institute of Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials (SUPPORT) Initiative. Blackboard Collaborate tool for producing webinars was provided by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / WHO Research Promotion and Development.