- Cheap test
- Enough of the population is affected by the problem you're screening for
- Good at ruling in disease (high sensitivity)
- There has to be fix to the problem you're screening for, and it must be available
- Some other stuff that I don't remember/care about but probably should
ANYWAY, I've decided yet again, with a stroke of my genius mind, to apply the principles of medicine (aka magic) to real life...
Screening test questions for a solid future mate
- Do you like me?
- Do you think you'll continue to like me for a while?
- Will you be immunizing your children?
- Do you like animals?
And that's it. The only thing that makes my screening test a bad one is that the people are really difficult to change (can't fix the problem...easily anyway). In any case, my future wife must answer yes to all of the above in order for me to propose to her. No exceptions. NONE.
(What brought this idea on? During my week on neonatology, my attending told me a story of how his wife is an OBGYN and she was on call one night at the hospital and he was sleeping at home. His wife called and woke him up at 4am and out of the blue to tell him, "David, I don't think I want to vaccinate our children," to which my attending replied "What?!" to which he got the reply "Okay, now that you're really up and awake, I'm just kidding. Have a good rest of the night not being on call.")
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