Table 2.
Hours Required to Learn the KA Tool and Underlying Methodology and Use It for Semi-automated Entry of Temporal-abstraction Knowledge in Three Clinical Domains
| Expert Physicians |
Knowledge Engineers |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Understanding the ontology | 6 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| Understanding the KA tool | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Monitoring growth | ||||||
| First entry | 6 | 20* | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25* |
| Second entry | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1.5 | 1 |
| Providing diabetes care | ||||||
| First entry | 12 | - | - | 2.5 | - | 2 |
| Second entry | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Providing protocol-based care | ||||||
| First entry | - | 60* | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Second entry |
- |
10 |
5 |
- |
2 |
1 |
| Note: Where two entries are given, the first is for first entry to the knowledge base and the second is for second entry to the same knowledge base. | ||||||
*
First entry to the knowledge base using an older version of the KA tool (e.g., no cut-and-paste editing functionality).