‘Better’ clinical decisions do not necessarily require more time to make

Nicola McCleary; Jill J Francis; Marion K Campbell; Craig R Ramsay; Martin P Eccles; Shaun Treweek; Julia Allan

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.11.004

‘Better’ clinical decisions do not necessarily require more time to make

Nicola McCleary, Jill J Francis, Marion K Campbell, Craig R Ramsay, Martin P Eccles, Shaun Treweek, Julia Allan

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Abstract

The web-based intervention modelling experiment (IME; randomised study in a simulated setting) reported by Treweek and colleagues [1] provided support for using IME methodology in the evaluation of interventions to improve quality of care. As well as the management decision made, Treweek and colleagues’ data on general practitioners’ (GPs) responses to scenarios describing uncomplicated Upper Respiratory Tract infection (URTI) included a measure of perceived decision difficulty for each decision, and the time taken to make each decision. To further inform the development of interventions to improve quality of care, we analysed these data, aiming to quantify the relationships between decision difficulty, decision
appropriateness, and the speed at which decisions were made.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	173–174
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume	82
Early online date	15 Nov 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.11.004
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

general practitioner
upper respiratory tract infection
clinical decision-making
antibiotic prescribing
patient scenario
Primary care
Cognition

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‘Better’ clinical decisions do not necessarily require more time to make

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