On understanding the power of judgement in percutaneous coronary intervention.
OBJECTIVE
Explain how research can advance the state-of the- practice in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).


RESULTS
Identifying the success factors of PCI; identifying decision- making performance (power of judgement) as the factor that could be advanced faster than is currently the case; explaining why and how such advancement needs a different research approach than those currently pursued in medical research; presenting initial results of this approach in the form of a set of basic concepts (pivoting around risk) that are useful for describing the decision-making process during a PCI.


CONCLUSIONS
Building a terminology (ontology) of PCI decision-making concepts and then eliciting expert knowledge about the decision-making process itself are promising ways of advancing the teachability of PCI and hence the state-of-the practice.
Prechelt
Lutz
L
Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Informatik, Berlin, Germany. prechelt@inf.fu-berlin.de
Lanzer
Peter
P
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003657:Decision Making; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D018579:Patient Selection; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome