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“Tough Stuff” Quiz

01/19/2019 by Corinn Pope

Hey guys and gals. We’re pleased to announce a 50 question quiz on tough topics covered on the informatics exam is live! It’s hard. We hope you’ve studied up on your clinical decision making skills.

Sample Question

Here’s a sample question (answer and explanation at the end of the post):

To determine the quality of life of patients with myocardial infarction, one of them was interviewed. He reported that he would take the risk of surgery (after which he would live normal healthy life) if the risk of success is at least 60%.

What is the utility value for his condition?

A. 0.4
B. 0.6
C. 0.2
D. 0.8

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Quiz details:

  • 50 questions
  • Mostly clinical decision making questions, mixed in with some programming and SQL topics
  • Medium to high level of difficulty
  • Take as many times as you’d like
  • You’ll have access to it for a year. If you don’t pass and still need access for another year just email us.
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**Please note….we decided against releasing a full-length exam this year. I know a lot of people were probably hoping for a full exam but in all honesty, the amount of time and energy it takes us to develop an exam is more time and energy than we have (we both still have demanding FT day jobs).**


Answer & explanation:

This is an example of a standard gamble to elicit utilities of health conditions. The patient is asked to consider a scenario where a surgery for his condition exists. If the surgery succeed, he would live healthy life for the rest of his life. However, if the procedure fails, he would die. The patient reported that the minimum acceptable success rate that will motivate him to take the risk of this surgery is 60%. Then, the utility value of his life is 0.6. (Answer is B)

Additional Reading:

This article shows how standard gamble was used to measure the quality of life among retinal patients

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1771136/

Around 3-minute YouTube video showing what QALYs means, how it is calculated and how it can be used in medical decision making.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDXwKVkn68

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