Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness

The present study analyzes the level of awareness and the meta-cognitive beliefs of doctors when making decisions at work. To this purpose, some emergency department doctors, surgeons and internists were given the Solomon questionnaire in order to examine their level of awareness and their meta-cogn...

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Main Authors: A. Donati, P. Iannello, V. Perucca, A. Antonietti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-12-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1086
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spelling doaj-0f96cb67e5464a378f92475d42a615b12020-11-25T03:41:35ZengPAGEPress PublicationsEmergency Care Journal1826-98262012-12-0183182510.4081/ecj.2012.3.18639Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awarenessA. Donati0P. Iannello1V. Perucca2A. Antonietti3Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, MilanoDipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, MilanoDipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, MilanoDipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, MilanoThe present study analyzes the level of awareness and the meta-cognitive beliefs of doctors when making decisions at work. To this purpose, some emergency department doctors, surgeons and internists were given the Solomon questionnaire in order to examine their level of awareness and their meta-cognitive beliefs inolved in the decision-making process. The results show that meta-cognitive abilities highly differ in the three medical sectors considered.http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1086Decision makingEmergency Care Unitmeta-cognitive awareness
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author A. Donati
P. Iannello
V. Perucca
A. Antonietti
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P. Iannello
V. Perucca
A. Antonietti
Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
Emergency Care Journal
Decision making
Emergency Care Unit
meta-cognitive awareness
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P. Iannello
V. Perucca
A. Antonietti
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title Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
title_short Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
title_full Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
title_fullStr Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
title_full_unstemmed Decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
title_sort decision making in the emergency care unit: a study on meta-cognitive awareness
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Emergency Care Journal
issn 1826-9826
publishDate 2012-12-01
description The present study analyzes the level of awareness and the meta-cognitive beliefs of doctors when making decisions at work. To this purpose, some emergency department doctors, surgeons and internists were given the Solomon questionnaire in order to examine their level of awareness and their meta-cognitive beliefs inolved in the decision-making process. The results show that meta-cognitive abilities highly differ in the three medical sectors considered.
topic Decision making
Emergency Care Unit
meta-cognitive awareness
url http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1086
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