Program

Program Name: Communication for Health-Related Decision Making

Authors or developers

Carol Golin
Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
United States
carol_golin@med.unc.edu

Stacey Sheridan
Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology
University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
United States
sls593@med.unc.edu

Country / Language United States/English
Creation or publication date 2010
Clinic context Any clinical context
Target users Medical and graduate students enrolled in two public health degree programs
Pre or post licensure Both pre and post-licensure
General objectives Understand the psychological basis of decision making.
Review health behavior theories and learn how to apply them to the creation of a decision aid.
Identify types and uses of medical decision making tools.
Develop an understanding of which communication approaches to use with health consumers in different situations.
Engage consumers in effective health-related decision making.
Describe the evidence base supporting development of decision making tools.
Develop a medical decision making tool.
Discuss ethical and cultural issues related to medical decision making.
Format Group course