Psychological issues in medical education:
From research to intervention
Paola Iannello e Alessandro Antonietti
Testo in inglese - Un volume di 77 pagine
The book includes a selection of papers concerning some topics investigated by psychologists, which are relevant in the field of medical practice. They have been collected so to allow readers to realise to what extent psychology can provide contributions to improve the way physicians interact with their patients and manage their mental resources in order to enhance their reasoning and decision-making processes and to control emotional reactions. The topics addressed are: the reduction of the patients’ tendency to prosecute physicians because of alleged medical errors, a tendency which feeds defensive medicine; the reluctance to donate body organs after death; the way physicians face ambiguity and uncertainty so to mitigate the stress they perceive; the management of different mental systems (intuition, analytical thinking, and fast-and-frugal heuristics) in medical decision making.
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GLI AUTORI
PAOLA IANNELLO
Is associate professor of general psychology at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. Her research interests concern mainly individual differences in cognition and decision making processes and skills, both in general and in reference to specific domains, such as health and economics. She devised assessment and training tools.
ALESSANDRO ANTONIETTI
Is full professor of general psychology at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan. His research interests concern thinking and learning processes, also in reference to applications in educational and rehabilitation settings.