Table 2 O12 - number of items identified in initial and follow-up encounters of OEI students
OPTIONS items | Initial encounters (n = 7) | Follow-up encounter (n = 23) |
|---|---|---|
1: The clinician draws attention to an identified problem as one that requires a decision making process | 0 | 2 |
2: The clinician states that there is more than one way to deal with the identified problem | 0 | 1 |
3: The clinician assesses patient’s preferred approach to receiving information to assist decision making | 0 | 0 |
4: The clinician lists ‘options’, which can include the choice of ‘no action’ | 0 | 0 |
5: The clinician explains the pros and cons of options to the patient (taking no action is an option) | 1 | 1 |
6: The clinician explores the patient’s expectations (or ideas) about how the problem(s) are to be managed | 0 | 3 |
7: The clinician explores the patient’s concerns (fears) about how problem(s) are to be managed | 0 | 0 |
8: The clinician checks that the patient has understood the information | 1 | 0 |
9: The clinician offers the patient explicit opportunities to ask questions during decision making process | 0 | 0 |
10: The clinician elicits the patient’s preferred level of involvement in decision making | 0 | 0 |
11: The clinician indicates the need for a decision making (or deferring) stage | 0 | 0 |
12: The clinician indicates the need to review the decision | 0 | 0 |
Total number of OPTION-12 items observed (number of OEI students) | 2 (n = 2) | 7 (n = 3) |