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.