Metacognition relative to medical decision making has been poorly investigated to date. However, beliefs about methods of decision making (metacognition) play a fundamental role in determining the efficiency of the decision itself. In the present study, we investigated a set of beliefs that physicians develop in relation to the modes of making decisions in a professional environment. The Solomon Questionnaire, designed to assess metacognitive knowledge about behaviors and mental processes involved in decision making, was administered to a sample of 18 emergency physicians, 18 surgeons, and 18 internists. Significant differences in metacognitive knowledge emerged among these three medical areas. Physicians’ self-reports about the decision process mirrored the peculiarities of the context in which they operate. Their metacognitive knowledge demonstrated a reflective attitude that is an effective tool during the decision making process
Iannello, P., Perucca, V., Riva, S., Antonietti, A., What do physicians believe about the way decisions are made? A pilot study on metacognitive knowledge in the medical context, <<EUROPE'S JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY>>, 2015; (11 (4)): 691-706. [doi:10.5964/ejop.v11i4.979] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/70664]
What do physicians believe about the way decisions are made? A pilot study on metacognitive knowledge in the medical context
Iannello, Paola;Riva, Silvia;Antonietti, Alessandro
2015
Abstract
Metacognition relative to medical decision making has been poorly investigated to date. However, beliefs about methods of decision making (metacognition) play a fundamental role in determining the efficiency of the decision itself. In the present study, we investigated a set of beliefs that physicians develop in relation to the modes of making decisions in a professional environment. The Solomon Questionnaire, designed to assess metacognitive knowledge about behaviors and mental processes involved in decision making, was administered to a sample of 18 emergency physicians, 18 surgeons, and 18 internists. Significant differences in metacognitive knowledge emerged among these three medical areas. Physicians’ self-reports about the decision process mirrored the peculiarities of the context in which they operate. Their metacognitive knowledge demonstrated a reflective attitude that is an effective tool during the decision making processI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.