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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Oct 2020

    Downside to 2020: Most Things Upside to 2020: I can now remember which one is sensitivity and which one is specificity without looking it up

    7:20 PM - 13 Oct 2020
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      1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Oct 2020

        You're not really an epidemiologist until you've mixed up sensitivity and specificity in a professional context and had to quickly Google which is which on your phone

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      2. Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician)‏Verified account @jeremyfaust 13 Oct 2020
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        This is one that being a practicing emergency physician had drilled into me already. But I’ve had my own version of this kind of thing that I’m not even gonna admit in public.

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      3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 Oct 2020
        Replying to @jeremyfaust

        I've ~written studies~ looking at the sensitivity and specificity of diabetes testing in ED, and yet somehow it took a pandemic to actually fix the terms permanently in my brain I still sometimes get it wrong 😂😂😂

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      2. Maie Lynn Bee, PhD‏ @maie_lynn 13 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        This is a sensitive issue...

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      3. Richard E. Lenski‏ @RELenski 13 Oct 2020
        Replying to @maie_lynn @GidMK

        Could you be more specific?

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      1. AHaley‏ @vaccines4every1 13 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        The sensitivity/specificity flash card is always the last thing I look at before walking into a board exam.

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      1. Steve Kenny‏ @stevekenny 13 Oct 2020
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        Specifically sensitive about 2020, or just sensitive about specific aspects of 2020?

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      1. Take that, Avogadro  💉 💉‏ @6x10E23 13 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        do you have anything for PPV and NPV?

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      2. FamilyDoc‏ @FamDocJJ 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @GidMK

        What’s you tip? Sensitivity - avoids a miss Specificity - avoids a mix-up. Needs some work Please help:)

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      3. Starving Engineer‏ @edw_tweet 14 Oct 2020
        Replying to @FamDocJJ @GidMK

        Sensitivity - "it sensed a truly positive case" Specificity is badly named, I always mix it with false positive rate (FPR) when it is in fact its complementary (1-FPR). "True Positive Rate" and "True Negative Rate" are great alternatives

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