Team dynamics and clinician's experience influence decision-making during Upper-GI multidisciplinary team meetings: A multiple case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The probability of undergoing treatment with curative intent for esophagogastric cancer has been shown to vary considerately between hospitals of diagnosis. Little is known about the factors that attribute to this variation. Since clinical decision making (CDM) partially takes place during an MDTM, the aim of this qualitative study was to assess clinician's perspectives regarding facilitators and barriers associated with CDM during MDTM, and second, to identify factors associated with CDM during an MDTM that may potentially explain differences in hospital practice.

Methods

A multiple case study design was conducted. The thematic content analysis of this qualitative study, focused on 16 MDTM observations, 30 semi-structured interviews with clinicians and seven focu

SUBMITTER: Luijten JCHBM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9623154 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature