BMJ Round Table Shared Decision - Making Practicalities

BMJ Round Table Shared Decision - Making Practicalities

Author: The BMJ August 28, 2013 Duration: 23:31

At BMA house, we convened a group of world experts in shared decision making. Inspired by the Salzburg Global Summit meeting we discussed the background, practical challenges, and how to engage patients with their health

The participants were:

Fiona Godlee , editor in chief, BMJ

Angela Coulter , director of global initiatives, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Albert Mulley , co-founder, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, and director, Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science

Glyn Elwyn, research professor with an interest in shared decision making, Cardiff University

Muir Gray , chair of the Information Standard, Department of Health, and co-editor (with Gerd Gigerenzer of the new book Better Doctors, Better Patients, Better Decisions: Envisioning Health Care 2020

Marion Collict, national programme manager, shared decision making, NHS (UK’s National Health System)

Alf Collins , consultant in pain medicine, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, and national clinical lead for Co-Creating Health

Margaret McCartney , writer and GP

Anu Dhir , junior surgical trainee and co-signatory of the Salzburg Statement

Gerd Gigerenzer , director, Center for Adaptive Behaviour and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Human Behaviour

Lisa Schwartz , professor of medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, author (with Steve Woloshin (see below)) of Know Your Chances available free online.

Steve Woloshin , professor of medicine, Dartmouth Medical School

“e-Patient Dave” deBronkart , co-chair, Society for Participatory Medicine

Tessa Richards , analysis editor, BMJ

Sue Ziebland , research director of the Health Experiences Research Group and a reader in qualitative health research, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford


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