Robert-Hamm ouhsc. Assessing and improving how doctors make rational decisions about their patients and how patients make rational decisions about their health Medical Decision Analysis Psychology of Physician Decision Making Psychology of Patient Decision Making. To understand group judgment processes that are foundations of the CPG development, Dr. Judgments collected before, during, and after the panel meetings allow insight into the changes in opinion induced by panel discussions, and the degree to which panel decisions have the full endorsement of panel members.
In collaboration with a patient advisory board, a patient advocacy group, a community coalition, and three practice-based research networks, we will address gaps in patient-centered outcomes research PCOR methods in the areas of engagement and prioritization, focusing on longitudinal engagement between researchers and existing patient- and community-based organizations and use of value of information calculations.
We will learn how these successful groups have achieved engagement and prioritized opportunities. We will then develop recommendations for enhancements. Role: Co-Investigator. The major goal is to develop and validate an Objective Structured Clinical Exam OSCE as an evaluation of the clinical skills of physician assistant students from four regional training programs.
Role: Research Coordinator. As a result of the work, the MEDIC software will have realistic tasks ready for use in further research, and the HyGene and cogIBLT models will have been fit to data from experienced diagnosers and decision makers.
This will provide insight into the kinds of training needed to prepare clinicians to deal with decision making about dynamic medical situations.
