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Biostats for Internal Medicine with Dr. Jennifer Olges

Dr. Olgres presents a quick overview on “Biostats for Internal Medicine”. In this lecture, Dr. Olges explains how to calculate sensitivity and specificity, as well as how to accurately interpret sensitivity and specificity in regards to test results. She then calculates the likelihood ratios and uses them to determine post test probabilities. After, she discusses the difference between relative and absolute risk.

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JENNIFER OLGES, m.D., m.p.h., f.a.c.p.

Dr. Jennifer Olges is an Assistant Professor in the University of Louisville Department of Medicine and serves as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Olges received her bachelor's degree in biology at the University of Kentucky in 1998. She began her residency in a combined internal medicine and pediatrics program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and completed her training at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL. She remained at Loyola University as an Assistant Professor in Hospital Medicine before moving back to Louisville in 2016. Clinically, she serves as an inpatient teaching attending at University Hospital. Learn more about her here.

 

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