A comparison of psychiatric decision-making by trainee general practitioners and trainee psychiatrists using a simulated consultation model.
A videotape-assisted simulated consultation model was used in a pilot study comparing range of assessment and treatment decisions made by trainee general practitioners and trainee psychiatrists in response to two cases representing women with depressive disorders. The doctors were studied individually in their consulting rooms or offices. In relation to the methods of analysis chosen, levels of agreement within and between the two groups of trainees were generally low. The findings are discussed in relation to previous similar work undertaken with experienced clinicians studied in groups.
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General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003657:Decision Making; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011379:Prognosis; D011570:Psychiatry; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis