38th Annual North American Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making

October 23 - 26, 2016

Arwen H. Pieterse, PhD

Leiden University Medical Center
Medical Decision Making
Albinusdreef 2
Leiden Netherlands 2333 ZA

Biographical Sketch: Arwen Pieterse conducts research on decision making processes during medical consultations, with a particular interest for adjuvant treatment in oncology, doctor/patient preferences for treatment, risk communication and patient values clarification. Her main focus is on shared decision making and the extent to which steps of a shared decision making (SDM) process actually occur during real-life doctor-patient interactions, and ways to enhance SDM. She is further involved in the development and validation of instruments to assess the occurrence of SDM.

Papers:
AN E-LEARNING MODULE FOR SHARED DECISION MAKING WITH OLDER CANCER PATIENTS: IMPROVEMENT OF ONCOLOGISTS' SELF-REPORTED COGNITIONS AND BEHAVIOR DISCLOSING THE UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH PROGNOSTIC ESTIMATES IN BREAST CANCER: CURRENT PRACTICES AND PATIENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF UNCERTAINTY MEASURING THE SHARED DECISION MAKING PROCESS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES