Decision making among residents in training of obstetrics and gynecology: A qualitative exploration in Pakistani context
(2023) In PLoS ONE 18(11).- Abstract
- Medical decision-making is critical and the decisions are made under uncertain, complex, and dynamic conditions. In this regard, practitioners’ experiences and perceptions may provide a bottom-up knowledge of the issues, as well as a corresponding support system that assists them in learning to make decisions in critical situations. The current study aimed to examine these experiences in the Pakistani context. We interviewed 14 trainee residents (aged 26 to 34 years) from tertiary care hospitals. Using inductive thematic analysis, we explored a participant-centered perspective on the support system and decision-making
process. Findings reveal that the major challenges to decision-making include uncertain and complex situations,... (More) - Medical decision-making is critical and the decisions are made under uncertain, complex, and dynamic conditions. In this regard, practitioners’ experiences and perceptions may provide a bottom-up knowledge of the issues, as well as a corresponding support system that assists them in learning to make decisions in critical situations. The current study aimed to examine these experiences in the Pakistani context. We interviewed 14 trainee residents (aged 26 to 34 years) from tertiary care hospitals. Using inductive thematic analysis, we explored a participant-centered perspective on the support system and decision-making
process. Findings reveal that the major challenges to decision-making include uncertain and complex situations, hospital-related constraints, and socio-cultural context. Both noncritical and critical case management are used in individual and group decision-making processes. The residents use knowledge-based, emotional, and instrumental support to make decisions. The study gave practitioners and academics a trans-disciplinary platform to explore the cognitive, social, and behavioral aspects of decision-making in the healthcare industry. (Less)
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- Younas, Sana ; Khanum, Saeeda and Qamar, Azher Hameed LU
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- publishing date
- 2023-11-02
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Medical decision making, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Qualitative analysis, Cognitive, Behavioral, Social, decision experience
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- PLoS ONE
- volume
- 18
- issue
- 11
- article number
- e0287592
- pages
- 23 pages
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- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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- scopus:85175969764
- pmid:37917601
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0287592
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- English
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- yes
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- 998eb142-c7c8-4a8c-8135-998dd51db35a
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- 2023-11-03 16:05:06
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abstract = {{Medical decision-making is critical and the decisions are made under uncertain, complex, and dynamic conditions. In this regard, practitioners’ experiences and perceptions may provide a bottom-up knowledge of the issues, as well as a corresponding support system that assists them in learning to make decisions in critical situations. The current study aimed to examine these experiences in the Pakistani context. We interviewed 14 trainee residents (aged 26 to 34 years) from tertiary care hospitals. Using inductive thematic analysis, we explored a participant-centered perspective on the support system and decision-making<br/>process. Findings reveal that the major challenges to decision-making include uncertain and complex situations, hospital-related constraints, and socio-cultural context. Both noncritical and critical case management are used in individual and group decision-making processes. The residents use knowledge-based, emotional, and instrumental support to make decisions. The study gave practitioners and academics a trans-disciplinary platform to explore the cognitive, social, and behavioral aspects of decision-making in the healthcare industry.}},
author = {{Younas, Sana and Khanum, Saeeda and Qamar, Azher Hameed}},
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title = {{Decision making among residents in training of obstetrics and gynecology: A qualitative exploration in Pakistani context}},
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doi = {{10.1371/journal.pone.0287592}},
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