Statement of Purpose
(1993)
General
Statement The purpose of the Program in Clinical
Decision Making is to promote good clinical decision making in family medicine through
teaching and research applying decision theory (cost effectiveness analysis and
decision analysis) and the psychology of judgment and decision making.
The domain
of knowledge includes decision theory, psychology, and medicine, with input from
other fields as appropriate.
Teaching includes
the direct instruction of medical students, residents, staff, and doctors (continuing
medical education), as well as the development of teaching materials that can be
used by other teachers or by students in self-instruction.
Research within
the scope of the program addresses both particular medical decisions (decision analysis,
cost-effectiveness analysis) and the medical decision making process (judgment and
decision making psychology addressing how doctors and staff, patients and families
think when making decisions about disease and health; sociology and economics addressing
how institutions, society, and culture support good medical decision making).
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