Sladek Ruth M, Bond Malcolm J, Phillips Paddy A
Research to Practice Group, Department of Medicine, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia.
Aust Health Rev. 2010 Aug;34(3):375-80. doi: 10.1071/AH09791.
A study of the preferred thinking styles among senior health professionals is reported. A total of 49 medical consultants, 50 senior nurses and 53 health managers from two public teaching hospitals in Adelaide, Australia, were invited via a personal letter to complete a questionnaire comprising measures of thinking style (the Rational Experiential Inventory) and cognitive style (two dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). Managers reported a higher preference for 'rational' reasoning than nurses, whereas medical consultants reported a lower preference for 'experiential' reasoning than both managers and nurses. Cognitive style was largely homogenous. Although generalisation of the findings may be limited due to small sample sizes and the self-selection of participants, an understanding of the thinking styles of senior health professionals will likely inform the design and evaluation of future change strategies.
本文报告了一项关于资深医疗专业人员偏好的思维方式的研究。通过个人信件邀请了澳大利亚阿德莱德两家公立教学医院的49名医学顾问、50名资深护士和53名健康管理人员，让他们填写一份问卷，其中包括思维方式测量（理性经验量表）和认知方式测量（迈尔斯-布里格斯类型指标的两个维度）。管理人员报告称，他们比护士更倾向于“理性”推理，而医学顾问报告称，他们比管理人员和护士都更不倾向于“经验性”推理。认知方式在很大程度上是同质的。尽管由于样本量小和参与者的自我选择，研究结果的普遍性可能有限，但了解资深医疗专业人员的思维方式可能会为未来变革策略的设计和评估提供参考。
