489 MEDICAL STUDENTS AND THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS

Improving the medical decision-making process.

Commentary: Improving The Medical Decision-Making Process

I want to argue the case for the evaluative clinical sciences and the need to support a national program to assess the outcomes of medical care. For too long, and at peril to the welfare of patients and the public as well, we have neglected that essential part of medical science whose job it is to establish the validity of clinical theory and help physicians and patients reach the right decisio...

Psychiatric decision-making by medical students.

Analysis of medical students' formulations and replies to clinical problems indicates difficulty in deciding on the nature and organization of treatment. A programme describing a problem-solving approach was devised, and students taught in this way were shown to be significantly more able to formulate organized treatment plans with more precise aims. It is suggested that problem-solving methods...

The Decision Making Process of students entering Higher National Diplomas

This paper researches consumer buyer behaviour towards intermediate education within universities. It attempts to understand the decision making process and associated influences that affect students when considering a HND. The research focuses on the HND in Business Administration offered by Coventry Business School. A combination of data collection techniques was employed, to a sample of 85 c...

The Faculty Members' Contribution in Decision Making Process of Schools' Administrators in Medical University of Isfahan

Introduction: The faculty members' participation in the decisions made by administrators lies on a continuum with two extremes of thorough participation to no participation. A study on the process of these decision makings can illuminate the present situation in order to improve the participation status. The purpose of this study was to determine the mean of faculty members' participation rate ...