Marta Angélica Iossi Silva, Beatriz Pereira, Denisa Mendonça, Berta Nunes, Wanderlei Abadio de Oliveira
The involvement of girls and boys with bullying: an analysis of gender differences
International journal of environmental research and public health
providing pharmaceutical care pharmacist relies upon clinical decisionmaking process involves information gathering clinical reasoning clinical judgment typically pharmacists identify retain recall numerous pieces key information arranged spatially medical records prescriptions verbally colleagues making decisions executive function including spatial working memory verbal reasoning along cognitive domains likely contribute elements comprise process establish predictive utility markers executive function implicit memory clinical decisionmaking dispensing performance pharmacy students mpharm students two sites completed battery cognitive tasks designed measure elements executive cognitive functions eg verbal working memory vwm visuospatial working memory vswm implicit memory im performance 2 clinical case studies used assess clinical decisionmaking ability n 16 prescription screening dispensing assessment used assess dispensing accuracy n 32 statistical model built establish whether executive cognitive functions markers predict clinical decisionmaking dispensing performance performance vswm test im tests found explain approximately 63 deviance clinical decisionmaking ability null residual deviance 494 deviance explained variables 310 matrix model p 001 dotclearing test p 001 performance vswm vwm tests explained approximately 30 deviance dispensing task null residual deviance 75967 deviance explained variables 20993 matrix modelbaddeley reasoning model p 005 results suggest specific cognitive domains contribute clinical decisionmaking process adds growing body literature highlights importance personspecific factors predicting clinical competence