Medical Plan-Analysis: The Attending System

The ATTENDING system has been deve loped to c r i t i q u e a p h y s i c i a n ' s p l a n o f a n e s t h e t i c management, and i s c u r r e n t l y b e i n g used e x p e r i m e n t a l l y f o r t e a c h i n g a n e s t h e s i a r e s i d e n t s . ATTENDING's a p p r o a c h , Med ica l P l a n A n a l y s i s , o f f e r s a number o f p o t e n t i a l s o c i a l , m e d i c a l , and m e d i c o l e g a l advan tages ove r systems which s i m u l a t e a p h y s i c i a n ' s d e c i s i o n m a k i n g p r o c e s s , and wh ich t h e r e f o r e have the c l i n i c a l e f f e c t o f t r y i n g t o t e l l a p h y s i c i a n how t o p r a c t i c e m e d i c i n e . C e n t r a l t o Med ica l P l a n A n a l y s i s i s the need t o i d e n t i f y , a s s e s s , and d i s c u s s any p e r t i n e n t r i s k s and r i s k t r a d e o f f s .