Determinants of Surgeon Decision-Making in Emergency General Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis

Presenter: Shreyus Kulkarni, MD, MS (Advisor: D. Mohan)

Shrey will discuss the results of a qualitative analysis of surgeons’ decision-making in emergency general surgery. He will argue that traditional rational models of decision-making fail to capture real-world complexity, and that we must broaden our understanding of individual and social determinants of surgeons’ behavior.