When a patient's ethnicity is declared, medical students' decision-making processes are affected

When a patient's ethnicity is declared, medical students' decision-making processes are affected.

BACKGROUND Disparity in health status and healthcare outcomes is widespread and well known. This holds true for Indigenous peoples in many settings including Australia and Hawaii. While multi-factorial, there is increasing evidence of health practitioner contribution to this disparity. This research explored senior medical students' clinical decision-making processes. METHODS A qualitative st...

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...

Engaging patients in medical decision making.

Medical Students Perceive Better Group Learning Processes when Large Classes Are Made to Seem Small

OBJECTIVE Medical schools struggle with large classes, which might interfere with the effectiveness of learning within small groups due to students being unfamiliar to fellow students. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of making a large class seem small on the students' collaborative learning processes. DESIGN A randomised controlled intervention study was undertaken to make a l...

Deficiency areas in decision making in undergraduate medical students

BACKGROUND In family medicine, decisions can be difficult due to the early presentation of often poorly developed symptoms or the presentation of undifferentiated conditions that require competencies unique to family medicine, such as; primary care management, specific problem-solving skills, and a comprehensive and holistic approach to be taught to medical students. PURPOSE The aim of this s...