Diagnosing groups: The pooling, management, and impact of shared and unshared case information in team-based medical decision making.

Abstract

The impact of group discussion on the decision-making effectiveness of medical teams was examined. Three-person teams of physicians diagnosed 2 hypothetical medical cases. Some of the information about each case was given to all team members prior to discussion (shared information), whereas the rest was divided among them (unshared information). Compared with unshared information, shared information was more likely to be pooled during discussion and was pooled earlier. In addition, team leaders were consistently more likely than other members to ask questions and to repeat shared information and, over time, also became more likely than others to repeat unshared information. Finally, pooling unshared (but not shared) information improved the overall accuracy of the team diagnoses, whereas repeating both shared and unshared information affected bias (but not accuracy) in the diagnoses.

Cites (1)

1. EXPERT AND EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE: Evidence of Maximal Adaptation to Task Constraints
   Ericsson, K. A., Lehmann, A. C. · 1996 · Annual Review of Psychology

Show all 1 references

Cited by (5)

1. Information sharing and team performance: A meta-analysis
   Mesmer-Magnus, Jessica R., DeChurch, Leslie A. · 2009 · Journal of Applied Psychology
2. The Effects of Leadership Style and Team Process on Performance and Innovation in Functionally Heterogeneous Teams
   Somech, Anit · 2006 · Journal of Management
3. A meta-analytic investigation of virtuality and information sharing in teams
   Mesmer-Magnus, Jessica R., DeChurch, Leslie A., Jimenez-Rodriguez, Miliani, Wildman, Jessica, Shuffler, Marissa · 2011 · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
4. Reality at Odds With Perceptions: Narcissistic Leaders and Group Performance
   Nevicka, Barbora, Ten Velden, Femke S., De Hoogh, Annebel H. B., Van Vianen, Annelies E. M. · 2011 · Psychological Science
5. Untitled work
   2017 · Saint Mary's University Institutional Repository (Saint Mary's University)

See all 271