E-Epidemiology
Diagnostic testing
Welcome
This interactive online learning course will familiarise you with the basic concepts of diagnostic testing.
You will learn more about:
- Designing and filling in a contingency table
- Defining and calculating sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic test
- Defining and calculating the predictive values of a diagnostic test
- The difference between apparent and true prevalence and be able to calculate both from a 2x2 table
- Interpreting diagnostic test results in an applied context
This course will take you approximately 60 minutes to work through.