Do IT students prefer doctors who use IT?

Wolf, James R.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.020

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“…Not only did satisfaction ratings increase by an average of 16% between the No Information and Both Information conditions, over 70% of participants in Study 1 and Study 2 were in favour of adopting the simple actuarial tool in either the Both Information (medical scenario) or Accuracy Information (legal scenario) conditions. This finding is in direct contrast to previous research showing that: (a) people consistently rate a simple actuarial approach as the least preferred decision making option (e.g., Eastwood et al, 2012);(b) are less likely to follow advice from a computer program than a physician (Promberger & Baron, 2006); and (c) hold a variety of negative attitudes towards professionals who chose to use actuarial tools in practice (e.g., Arkes et al, 2007;Shaffer et al, 2013, Wolf, 2014. The current study provides support for the idea that the lack of acceptance of simple actuarial tools by the general public may be at least partially because of ignorance regarding their advantages.…”

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“…The usage of such tools not only allow professionals to make more accurate decisions (see Garg et al, 2005), but given their automated nature and focus on only predictive information, to make quicker decisions as well (e.g., Bogusevicius, Maleckas, Pundzius, & Skaudickas, 2002). By allowing quicker and more accurate decisions, implementing simple actuarial tools would arguably lead to important practical improvements in many decision contexts (e.g., save resources through reduced inappropriate hospital admissions and parole denials, save lives by increased correct diagnosis of serious medical conditions and identification of truly violent offenders; see Dawes et al, 1989; Wolf, 2014).…”

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What you should want from your professional: The impact of educational information on people’s attitudes toward simple actuarial tools.

Eastwood¹,

Luther²

2016

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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in Ontario, Canada. His primary research program involves improving law enforcement procedures through psychological science, with a particular focus on investigative interviewing. He is also interested in people's perception of decision making strategies used by practitioners both inside and outside the justice system. KIRK LUTHER received his MSc and PhD in experimental psychology from Memorial University. His research pertains primarily to the study of human behavior within the criminal justice system, including topics on investigative interviewing, safeguarding legal rights, and bounded rationality.

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What you should want from your professional: The impact of educational information on people’s attitudes toward simple actuarial tools.

Eastwood¹,

Luther²

2016

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…This research was later replicated by Wolf and colleagues using both information technology students and Indian phsyicians. 28,29…”

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Effect of Having, but Not Consulting, a Computerized Diagnostic Aid

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Previous research has described physicians’ reluctance to use computerized diagnostic aids (CDAs) but has never experimentally examined the effects of not consulting an aid that was readily available. Experiment 1. Participants read about a diagnosis made either by a physician or an auto mechanic (to control for perceived expertise). Half read that a CDA was available but never actually consulted; no mention of a CDA was made for the remaining half. For the physician, failure to consult the CDA had no significant effect on competence ratings for either the positive or negative outcome. For the auto mechanic, failure to consult the CDA actually increased competence ratings following a negative but not a positive outcome. Negligence judgments were greater for the mechanic than for the physician overall. Experiment 2. Using only a negative outcome, we included 2 different reasons for not consulting the aid and provided accuracy information highlighting the superiority of the CDA over the physician. In neither condition was the physician rated lower than when no aid was mentioned. Ratings were lower when the physician did not trust the CDA and, surprisingly, higher when the physician believed he or she already knew what the CDA would say. Finally, consistent with our previous research, ratings were also high when the physician consulted and then followed the advice of a CDA and low when the CDA was consulted but ignored. Individual differences in numeracy did not qualify these results. Implications for the literature on algorithm aversion and clinical practice are discussed.

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“…Yet there is a possible down side of technology use by physicians. Wolf (2014) examined the widespread bias that when it comes to medicine, ''human-is-better''. His results confirmed the bias, even among young technologically savvy individuals.…”

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