Highlights
-What do we already know about this topic?
The decision-making process and Meta - decision was much more studied in
other disciplines than healthcare. The incorporation of value in
decision making from both the patient and healthcare providers
prospective in decision making is increasingly identified as an
essential area of research.
-How does your research contribute to the field?
The meta-decision concept contributes by highlighting bias affecting the
decision-making process and the importance of the decision maker
capabilities. It facilitate verbalization, auditing and teaching and
widen learner prospective through stimulating directed search in
multiple domains rather than one-line inquiry of effectiveness “is it
right for the patient/individual, community/population and for me as
decision maker?”.
-What are your research’s implications towards theory, practice, or
policy?
The Meta - decision is a structured approach to decision-making in
healthcare suggested to reduce inappropriately basing care on deficient
perspectives or evidence. Meta-decisions’ competency prevents an
incorrect decision’s consequences, uncovers gaps in
meta-decision-making, and provides a method for assessment and training
for that purpose.