SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF A HEALTHCARE INDIVIDUAL

• US 20120156664A1
• Filed: 12/15/2010
• Published: 06/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Lapolla, Peter Hurwitz
• Original Assignee: John Lapolla, Peter Hurwitz
• Inventors: HURWITZ, Peter, Lapolla, John
• Application Number:
  US12/968,455
• Publication Number:
  US 20120156664A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

The invention relates to a system and method for evaluating a level of knowledge of a healthcare individual by providing a computer; software executing on the computer for prompting a healthcare individual to answer a first question from a first plurality of questions related to diagnosis or treatment of a health related ailment; software executing on the computer for automatically determining a degree of correctness of an answer to the first question by comparing the answer to a reference; software for automatically selecting a second question from a second plurality of questions based upon the degree of correctness; software for automatically generating a score based upon the degree of correctness; and, based upon a cumulation of scores, software for automatically determining whether or not the healthcare individual is permitted to progress to a next level for diagnosis or treatment based upon the score.

Claims

1. A system for evaluating a level of knowledge of a healthcare individual, comprising:

providing a computer;

software executing on said computer for prompting a healthcare individual to answer a first question from a first plurality of questions related to diagnosis or treatment of a health related ailment;

software executing on said computer for automatically determining a degree of correctness of an answer to said first question by comparing the answer to a reference;

software executing on said computer for automatically selecting a second question from a second plurality of questions based upon the degree of correctness;

software executing on said computer for automatically generating a score based upon the degree of correctness; and

software executing on said computer for, based upon a cumulation of scores, automatically determining whether or not the healthcare individual is permitted to progress to a next level for diagnosis or treatment based upon the score.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for selecting a reference selected from the group consisting a panel of experts, a medical journal, a medical profession, a medical association, and combinations thereof.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for automatically providing diagnosis or treatment information based upon the score.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for automatically providing education to the healthcare individual based upon the score

5. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for randomizing said first and second plurality of questions from a database of questions related to diagnosis and treatment of various ailments.

6. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for certifying the healthcare individual upon completion of the education.

7. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for using qualitative reasoning when determining the degree of correctness.

8. The system according to claim 7, further comprising software executing on said computer for using quantitative reasoning when determining the degree of correctness.

9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software executing on said computer for extracting empirical data when determining the degree of correctness.

10. The system according to claim 1, further comprising software for extracting information from media for formulating said at least one question.

11. A system for evaluating a level of knowledge of a healthcare individual, comprising:

providing a computer;

software executing on said computer for providing a first question related to diagnosis or treatment of a health related ailment, wherein said first question is for prompting the healthcare individual to answer;

software executing on said computer for, based upon a first answer to said first question from the healthcare individual, automatically determining a degree of correctness of the first answer;

software executing on said computer for, based upon the degree of correctness of the first answer, automatically generating a first score;

software executing on said computer for, based upon the degree of correctness of the first answer, automatically providing a next question related to diagnosis or treatment of the health related ailment; and

software executing on said computer for, based upon a cumulation of scores, automatically determining whether or not the healthcare individual is permitted to progress to a next level for diagnosis or treatment based upon the score.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising software executing on said computer for, based upon a cumulation of scores, automatically providing education to the healthcare individual.

13. The system according to claim 11, further comprising software executing on said computer for, based upon completion of the education, certifying the healthcare individual

14. The system according to claim 11, further comprising software executing on said computer for, based upon a degree of correctness of a first answer, automatically generating a score in real time.

15. The system according to claim 11, further comprising software executing on said computer for using qualitative reasoning when determining the degree of correctness.

16. The system according to claim 15, further comprising software executing on said computer for extracting empirical data when determining the degree of correctness.

17. A method for evaluating a level of knowledge of a healthcare individual, comprising the steps of:

providing a computer;

providing a first question related to diagnosis or treatment of a health related ailment, wherein said first question is for prompting the healthcare individual to answer;

based upon a first answer to said first question from the healthcare individual, automatically determining a degree of correctness of the first answer;

based upon the degree of correctness of the first answer, automatically generating a first score; and

based upon the degree of correctness of the first answer, automatically providing a next question related to diagnosis or treatment of the health related ailment; and

based upon a cumulation of scores, automatically determining whether or not the healthcare individual is permitted to progress to a next level for diagnosis or treatment based upon the score.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of, based upon a cumulation of scores, automatically providing education to the healthcare individual.

19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of using qualitative reasoning when determining the degree of correctness.

20. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of extracting empirical data when determining the degree of correctness.