Concurrent Session Abstracts C: Preferences and Perceptions in Decision Making

Monday, October 20, 2008: 1:30 PM
Grand Ballroom D (Hyatt Regency Penns Landing)
Session Chairs:
Carol K. Stockman, PhD and Marilyn Schapira, MD, MPH
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
SIMPLER RISK GRAPHICS CAN IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE INCREMENTAL BENEFIT OF ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD, Angela Fagerlin, PhD and Peter A. Ubel, MD, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System & University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2:00 PM
DEFICITS AND PREDICTORS OF ADULTS' KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NINE COMMON HEALTH CARE DECISIONS: RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY
Angela Fagerlin, PhD1, Karen R. Sepucha, PhD2, Mick P. Couper, PhD3, Carrie A. Levin, PhD4, Peter A. Ubel, MD1, Eleanor Singer, PhD3 and Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, PhD1, (1)VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System & University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (2)Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, (3)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, (4)Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, Boston, MA
2:15 PM
UNDERSTANDING WHY SHARED DECISION MAKING MAY DECREASE UTILIZATION
Liana Fraenkel, MD, MPH, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Ellen Peters, Ph.D., Decision Research, Eugene, OR and Paul R. Falzer, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, West Haven, CT
2:30 PM
IMPROVING SURROGATE DECISION MAKING
Renato Frey, B.Sc., Ralph Hertwig, Dr. and Stefan M. Herzog, M.Sc., University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
2:45 PM
CERVICAL CANCER SIMULATION MODEL PERFORMANCE: ASSESSING CONSISTENCY WITH REAL-WORLD STUDIES
Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert, PhD1, Natasha K. Stout, PhD2 and Sue J. Goldie, MD, MPH1, (1)Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, (2)Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Boston, MA