%0 Journal Article
%T What Do Physicians Believe About the Way Decisions Are Made? A Pilot Study on Metacognitive Knowledge in the Medical Context
%A Alessandro Antonietti
%A Gabriella Pravettoni
%A Paola Iannello
%A Silvia Riva
%A Valeria Perucca
%J -
%D 2015
%R 10.5964/ejop.v11i4.979
%X 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. PhysiciansĄŻ 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
%K [medical decision making
%K metacognition
%K self-awareness
%K emergency care
%K surgery
%K internal medicine]
%U https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/979