Medical Decision Making

Teacher: Dario Monzani, IEO

Dates: 17-19 April, 7-8-10 May 2018

The main aim of the course is to introduce students to the psychological theory and empirical research related to decision-making in health and medicine. The psychology of medical decision-making could be useful to understand patient, physician and caregiver’s behavior, develop effective interventions to optimize decision-making in health and medicine and improve diagnoses and treatment. Specific learning objectives are:

• To understand the influence of social, organizational and informational factors on decision-making in health and medicine
• To understand patient and physician vulnerability to cognition-based errors
• To develop approaches and intervention to support physicians’ effective decision-making, improve patients’ engagement in making decisions and foster shared decision-making