Chief Healthcare Executive August 10, 2021
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,...