Chief Healthcare Executive August 10, 2021
Samara Rosenfeld

A mind map exercise examines general practitioners’ perceptions of the health technology.

General practitioners attending a conference expressed a desire to become more involved in the development of wearable electronic health monitoring devices.

Still, the practitioners were concerned wearables could be detrimental to a patient’s autonomy and overall well-being.

Lucia Volpato, M.Sc., and a team of investigators collected data during a medical conference of 19 Swiss general practitioners through mind maps — diagrams used to represent concepts, ideas or tasks linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Separate mind maps were used based on three categories: benefits, risks and insights for the future.

Mind maps were drawn during group discussions on the themes of doctor-patient relationship,...

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