Thinking About Thinking

Why do some clinicians make better decisions than others?

Do all clinicians become better decision-makers over time?

Is decision-making in healthcare an independent and trainable skill?

This book is about the practice of medicine and the decision-making of the people we entrust with our care. While treatments, technologies and professional roles have evolved over the years, the essential act of decision-making has remained constant.

Through personal experience, research and feedback from colleagues across healthcare, the authors examine how metacognition ? or thinking about thinking ? can provide a toolkit with which to improve the decision-making of all healthcare professionals.

The rise of digital tools and AI-based clinical support systems makes this a critical time to grasp how human decision-makers operate and how to best harness the increasing volume of healthcare data available.

This is a thought-provoking read for professionals and curious minds alike, packed with ideas and practical advice about how to improve decision-making in healthcare and deliver better outcomes for patients.

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?This book is a must read for all doctors and healthcare professionals wanting to make better decisions for their patients. Particularly as artificial intelligence enters the healthcare space, this timely book offers powerful insights into why improving human thinking and decision-making should remain central to improving modern medical practice and training.? - Dr Dominic Crocombe, Gastroenterology Registrar, Royal Free Hospital and NIHR Clinical Fellow in Hepatology, University College London, UK

?A very interesting and novel perspective on how we think about decision making in healthcare.? - Martin Bromiley OBE, Founder, Clinical Human Factors Group