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Shared Decision-Making (1C)

Adam Saperstein

Session author

Adam Saperstein

Vice Chair for Medical Education and Associate Professor

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

More information about this author

I am a Family Physician whose academic interests include the use of medical humanities to improve patient care and to enhance professionalism (including professionalism remediation). In these efforts, I have developed expertise as an educator of Reflective Practice, Metacognition, Medical Improvisation, Poetry, Prose, Impressionist Painting, Mask Making, Music, and others, all with the goal of using these modalities to improve patient care. When not working as a physician and educator, I enjoy playing soccer, attending live performances, and reading fiction.

Contact: adamsapersteinmd@gmail.com · 337-400-0846

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Session Readings

NPR: Becoming Mindful of Medical Decision MakingDo you strive to know every detail of your disease and embrace every therapy available, or do you prefer to ignore symptoms and advice from the medical community? Drs. Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband frame medical decision making into two camps- doubters and believers.
Nurses’ Decisions, Irreducible Uncertainty and Maximizing Nurses’ Contribution to Patient SafetyAdvance Practice Nurses, like all other members of the healthcare team, grapple with irreducible uncertainty when making decisions. In this article, a model for honing our ability to identify, and respond to uncertainty is addressed.
Decisions and Desire – Harvard Business ReviewEmotions guide decision-making in ways that may challenge our view of “the rational mind”.
The problem with race-based medicineDoctors are making important medical decisions based on race – and this needs to stop. Listen why.