Evidence-based medicine, shared decision making and the hidden curriculum: a qualitative content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical education should portray evidence-based medicine (EBM) and shared decision making (SDM) as central to patient care. However, misconceptions regarding EBM and SDM are common in clinical practice, and these biases might unintentionally be transmitted to medical trainees through a hidden curriculum. The current study explores how assumptions of EBM and SDM can be hidden in formal curriculum material such as PowerPoint slides.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative content analysis using a purposive sample of 18 PowerPoints on the management of upper respiratory tract infections. We identified concepts pertaining to decision making using theory-driven codes taken from the fields of EBM and SDM. We then re-analyzed the coded text using a constructivist latent the

SUBMITTER: Braschi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283448 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature