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标题：What Do Physicians Believe About the Way Decisions Are Made? A Pilot Study on Metacognitive Knowledge in the Medical Context
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作者：Paola Iannello ; Valeria Perucca ; Silvia Riva 等
期刊名称：Europe's Journal of Psychology
电子版ISSN：1841-0413
出版年度：2015
卷号：11
期号：4
页码：691-706
语种：English
出版社：PsychOpen
摘要：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.
关键词：medical decision making;metacognition;self-awareness;emergency care;surgery;internal medicine