Pesonalizing Surgical Care
Guiding patients during their surgical journey
What is Personalized Surgical Care?
What is Personalized Surgical Care?
It is where physicians and patients use the values, preferences, and goals of a patient to work TOGETHER and make healthcare decisions
When Can Surgical Care Be Personalized?
Some decisions in healthcare have no clear right or wrong choice. Rather, these decisions are made based on a patient’s values, preferences and goals.
What is a Decision Aid?
These tools give you the information you need to make decisions about your care when there is more than one option.
How Does it Work?
Some decisions in healthcare have no clear right or wrong choice. Rather, these decisions are made based on a patient’s values, preferences and goals.
What are Other Ways to Personalize Surgical Care?
Other ways we can personalize surgical care include videos, pamphlets, infographics, workshops and more
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Our Goal
There is a need for creative ways help personalize the decisions surrounding surgery for patients. Shared decision making is a recommended approach to personalize decisions, and patient decision aids (PtDA) can help in this process. It allows healthcare workers and patients to work together to come to decisions regarding the care of the patient. However, little research has investigated shared decision making in surgical care.
This project is exploring the concept of shared decision making in surgical care specifically. Shared decision making has been shown to improve patient understanding, satisfaction, trust, as well as adherence and health behaviors. It has also been shown to improve symptoms and quality of life.
It is our goal to bring shared decision making to the field of surgery
Decisions You Can Personalize
Should I Take Blood Thinners for 28 Days After My Abdominal Surgery?
Surgery may increase your risk of blood clots. Blood clots may cause pain and discomfort, and can sometimes be life threatening.
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Our Team
Our team consists of surgical experts (Dr. Auer, Dr. Delisle), thrombosis experts (Dr. Carrier), surgical residents (Dr. Ivankovic), medical students (Abdelrahman Noureldin) and undergraduate students (Celine Dainhi, Charmi Rana, Nicole Alcasid) all passionate for improving shared decision making in the surgical setting.
