At the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, the Rational Drug Use group focuses on improving the prescribing behavior of doctors.
Attention is given to the use of clinical judgment analysis as an educational tool.
In one project, the Drug Education Project, an educational program for peer groups was developed and tested. The program consists of providing individualized feedback about prescribing patterns, as well as on the underlying decision making process of the physician, based on clinical judgment analysis. In another project, judgment analysis is used to study the decision criteria for the treatment of depression. The aim of this study is to develop an educational tool for medical students, as well as practicing doctors, for teaching rational drug therapy for depression. Also, we are working on a review of studies using cognitive feedback to improve the quality of treatment decisions of doctors.