Journal article
When Guidelines Don’t Guide
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study examines the influence of patient social context on physicians' adherence to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs).
METHOD: Expert emergency medicine (EM) physicians and novice physicians (EM residents) were surveyed using an Internet-based program between January and July of 2013. Participants were presented clinical cases and were asked to indicate if they would order or prescribe a specified test or treatment. Cases were …
Authors
Mercuri M; Sherbino J; Sedran RJ; Frank JR; Gafni A; Norman G
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 191–196
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 2015
DOI
10.1097/acm.0000000000000542
ISSN
1040-2446