I encourage all hair specialists to keep away from reviewing seek the advice of notes from different docs when seeing a affected person UNTIL one has made up their very own thoughts in regards to the prognosis or therapy plan. It is powerful to do typically but it surely’s one of the best ways to drive oneself to assume critically.
Whenever you see the seek the advice of notes and letters from different specialists, your thoughts typically feels a way of desirous to go together with the considering patterns of prior specialists. Not all the time after all, however I feel there’s extra of an inclination to take action than most individuals understand. We’re wired to be social beings and this makes “Groupthink” frequent.
Wikipedia defines Groupthink as “a psychological phenomenon that happens inside a bunch of individuals wherein the need for concord or conformity within the group leads to an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making consequence. Cohesiveness, or the need for cohesiveness, in a bunch could produce an inclination amongst its members to agree in any respect prices. This causes the group to attenuate battle and attain a consensus resolution with out important analysis.”
Being conscious of Groupthink helps people and organizations make higher choices.
REFERENCES
[1] Karissa DiPierro et a. Groupthink amongst well being skilled groups in affected person care: A scoping evaluate. Med Educate. 2022 Mar;44(3):309-318.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
