Affect and Social Cognition Lab: Medical Decision Making
Our research team seeks outstanding, curious, passionate, responsible, energetic, collaborative, and highly motivated students with exceptional integrity to assist us with numerous research projects examining the following topics and questions:
Medical Decision Making, Information Processing, and Emotions
Healthcare Provider Stigma and Patient Experiences, Care, and Outcomes
Interventions to Improve Clinical Reasoning and Quality of Care
How do emergency physicians and nurses process information during clinical reasoning, decision-making, and diagnosis? What factors (e.g., individual healthcare provider factors, patient factors, healthcare system-related factors) influence this and how? What interventions can be developed to improve clinical reasoning and diagnostic accuracy?
How do physicians’ and nurses' emotions influence their clinical decision-making and behavior? How are patients affected (especially vulnerable patient populations, e.g., patients with mental health and/or substance use disorders, uninsured patients, and many others impacted by healthcare disparities)? What role do stigmatizing attitudes play?
What interventions are effective in reducing cognitive and affective errors in clinical reasoning and clinical practice? We are currently developing and testing cognitive interventions.
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In addition to the PROPEL application, all Interested students MUST complete and submit the full lab application for this position, which can be found here: https://forms.gle/AVSm2VJ2zAq44gRu8
Please note that we will NOT be able to consider students who do not complete BOTH the PROPEL application and the lab application!
If you are interested in pursuing a career in healthcare and want to learn more about how physicians and nurses make medical decisions - especially when treating vulnerable patient populations - this opportunity may be a good fit for you! We provide outstanding mentoring and training to undergraduate students in a highly supportive and collaborative environment. Many of our undergraduate students work with us for multiple years and then go on to successfully pursue medical school, graduate school, clinical research, and other professional opportunities.
