Application of the skills network approach to measure physician competence in shared decision making based on self-assessment.

ABSTRACT: Several approaches to and definitions of 'shared decision making' (SDM) exist, which makes measurement challenging. Recently, a skills network approach was proposed, which conceptualizes SDM competence as an organized network of interacting SDM skills. With this approach, it was possible to accurately predict observer-rated SDM competence of physicians from the patients' assessments of the physician's SDM skills. The aim of this study was to assess whether using the skills network approach allows to predict observer-rated SDM competence of physicians from their self-reported SDM skills. We conducted a secondary data analysis of an observational study, in which outpatient care physicians rated their use of SDM skills with the physician version of the 9-item Shared Decision Making Questionna

SUBMITTER: Kriston L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9970074 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature