26th of November 2024 @ 15.00- – 17.00h

By Olga Damman

Veerle Coupe and Judith Bosmans are organizing a series on Medical Decision Making.
This is the last tutorial from the series of four tutorials.

This tutorial by Olga Damman will focus on shared decision making.

The tutorial will address two key aspects of Shared Decision Making, namely: (1) risk communication and (2) values clarification. These are also key components of Patient Decision Aids, tools aimed to support patients in deliberation about medical options, Olga will present the state of the art as to those two aspects, as well as key dilemmas and research challenges. Specific attention will be paid to the issue of lower health literacy and numeracy.

When: 26th of November 2024
Time: 15:00-17:00h
Location: VU Campus

In this series we will go in depth on how to improve health care and health policy decisions. How to determine the best decision when randomized trial data is absent? How to take patient preferences into account in decision making? And how to measure these preferences? In this tutorial series, these different aspects of medical decision making will be discussed. The series consist of four tutorials.

(The tutorials can be followed separately, it is not obligatory to attend all 4 tutorials).

We hope to see you there!