A sampling strategy of maximum variation was used to interview a range of clinicians (see table 1) about their current working practices, decision-making processes and the role of different tests.
She read the backs of the boxes: all the energy and force she would next use to find herself she directed toward this first decision, a practice decision.
In practice, decision makers must consider goals of different importance when they encounter 4PL decision problems.
The approach is flexible and iterative, seeking to explicate underlying interventional theories and operational contexts, and often engaging policy or practice decision makers in the process.
Decision support enhances adherence to evidence-based guidelines, incorporated in daily practice decision making through system reminders and/or prompts.
It is a clinical practice decision framework for integrating patient-centred communication and behaviour change principles and processes into clinical practice and programs.
Constructing procedures that concretely demonstrate that dissent will not be penalized and providing opportunities to practice decision making can optimize voluntary participation choices.
Daily, in ICUs huge amounts of data are collected and reviewed, in routine clinical practice; decision support tools that use such data may be controversial.
It should be noted that switching from MPH formulations to LDX was done as part of the study protocol and not purely as a clinical practice decision.
Secondly, building research capacity 'close to practice' is useful because of the skills of critical thinking it engenders which can be applied also to practice decision making [ 28], and which supports quality improvement approaches in organisations [ 8].
