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Rodrigo Jensen1, Paulo Sérgio Panse Silveira, Neli Regina Siqueira Ortega
1University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. rodrigojensen@yahoo.com.br
Purpose:
Apply the educational software Fuzzy Kitten with undergraduate Brazilian nursing students.
Methods:
This software, based on fuzzy logic, generates performance scores that evaluate the ability to identify defining characteristics/risk factors present in clinical cases, relate them with nursing diagnoses, and determine the diagnoses freely or using a decision support model.
Findings:
There were differences in student performance compared to the year of the course. The time to perform the activity did not present a significant relation to the performance. The students' scores in the diagnoses indicated by the model was superior (p= .01).
Conclusions:
The software was able to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of students.
Implications:
The software enables an objective evaluation of diagnostic accuracy.
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