Component 2; Unit 4: Health Care Processes and Decision Making
Description:
This unit describes the process used by a clinician to make a diagnosis and determine a care plan. This includes gathering information from the patient as well as other objective and subjective sources, managing and organizing the information, comparing the information to known states of disease, and developing a care plan for the patient.
Objectives:
- Describe the elements of the “classic paradigm” of the clinical process.
- List the types of information used by clinicians when they care for patients.
- Describe the steps required to manage information during the patient-clinician interaction.
- List the different information structures or formats used to organize clinical information.
- Describe different paradigms and elements of clinical decision making.
- Explain the difference among observations, findings, syndromes, and diseases.
- Describe techniques or approaches used by clinicians to reach a diagnosis.
- List the major types of factors that clinicians consider when devising a management plan for a patient’s condition in addition to the diagnosis and recommended treatment.
- Describe the role of EHRs and technology in the clinical decision-making process.
Component 2; Unit 4; Lecture 4a comp2_unit4a_lecture_slides
Lecture a (18:48): 1) The clinical process – overview of the classic paradigm; 2) Gathering data and analyzing findings; 3) Making a diagnosis; 4)The impact of EHRs and technology on clinical decision-making
Component 2; Unit 4; Lecture 4b comp2_unit4b_lecture_slides
Lecture b (21:43): 1) Gathering data and analyzing findings; 2) Making a diagnosis; 3) The impact of EHRs and technology on clinical decision-making
Component 2; Unit 4; Lecture 4c comp2_unit4c_lecture slides
Lecture c (16:03): 1) Gathering data and analyzing findings; 2) Making a diagnosis; 3) The impact of EHRs and technology on clinical decision-making
Component 2; Unit 4; Lecture 4d comp2_unit4d_lecture_slides
Lecture d (16:07): 1) Making a diagnosis; 2) Choosing therapy; 3) The impact of EHRs and technology on clinical decision-making
Component 2; Unit 4; Lecture 4e comp2_unit4e_lecture_slides
Lecture e (13:50): 1) Making a diagnosis; 2) Choosing therapy; 3) Communicating the plan; 4) The impact of EHRs and technology on clinical decision-making