To Prepare:
Review the Resources and reflect on a time when you experienced a patient being brought into (or not being brought into) a decision regarding their treatment plan.
Review the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Decision Aids Inventory at
https://decisionaid.ohri.ca/Links to an external site.
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Choose “For Specific Conditions,” then Browse an alphabetical listing of decision aids by health topic.
After you have chosen a topic (or condition) and a decision aid, consider if
social determinants of health Links to an external site.
were considered in the treatment plan Social determinants of health can affect a patient’s decision as these are conditions in the patient’s environment, such as economic stability, education access, health care access and quality, neighborhood, and social and community context.
Post a brief description of the situation you experienced and explain how incorporating or not incorporating patient preferences, social determinants of health Links to an external site., and values impacted the outcome of their treatment plan. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain how including patient preferences, social determinants of health, and values might impact the trajectory of the situation and how these were reflected in the treatment plan. Finally, explain the value of the patient decision aid you selected and how it might contribute to effective decision making, both in general and in the experience you described. Describe how you might use this decision aid inventory in your professional practice or personal life.
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