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Duffy, F. Daniel; Lynn, Lorna A.; Didura, Halyna; Hess, Brian; Caverzagie, Kelly; Grosso, Louis; Lipner, Rebecca A.; Holmboe, Eric S. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2008
Background: Quality measurement and improvement in practice are requirements for Maintenance of Certification by the American Board of Medical Specialties boards and a component of many pay for performance programs. Objective: To describe the development of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Practice Improvement Module (PIM[superscript…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Physical Activities, Heart Disorders, Physicians
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Reyna, Valerie F.; Lloyd, Farrell J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2006
Despite training, professionals sometimes make serious errors in risky decision making. The authors investigated judgments and decisions for 9 hypothetical patients at 3 levels of cardiac risk, comparing student and physician groups varying in domain-specific knowledge. Decisions were examined regarding whether they deviated from guidelines, how…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Physicians, Heart Disorders, Risk