Title:

Clinical decision making for paramedics

Description:

To avoid bias, appropriately manage risk and to continually improve our practice it is important to be aware of how we make decisions. This has clear links with the concepts of critical thinking, reflection and evidence based practice.

To help you consider how you make decisions in different circumstances, this course deals with specific models and theories associated with clinical decision making and applies them to Paramedic Practice.

Hierarchy:

Paramedics (PRM) > Clinical decision making for paramedics

Keywords:

paramedics, paramedic, differential diagnosis, hypothesis, pattern recognition, probability, risk, uncertainty, intuition, analysis, hypothetico-deductive, rational, bias, heuristics, thinking, decisions, thought processes, Yerkes-Dodson Law, Chimp Paradox, decision making, dual process, system 1, system 2, reasoning, evidence based practice, priming, availability, anchoring, confirmation, stereotyping, attribution, over-confidence, hindsight, clinical decision making, deductive, inductive, red flag questions, management, minimising risk, benner, novice, expert, stages of clinical competence

Created:

16 Dec 2016

Updated:

15 Sep 2021