Experiential and rational decision making: A survey to determine how emergency physicians make clinical decisions

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 811-816

  Calder, Lisa A ^a   Forster, Alan J ^a   Stiell, Ian G ^a   Carr, Laura K ^a   Brehaut, Jamie C ^a   Perry, Jeffrey J ^a   Vaillancourt, Christian ^a   Croskerry, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATIONAL EXPERIENTIAL INVENTORY 40; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867232599     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2011-200468     Document Type: Article

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