Groupthink among health professional teams in patient care
A scoping review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21448404 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karissa DiPierro (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA), Hannah Lee (0000-0001-5944-6654, Weill Cornell Medicine), Kevin J Pain (Samuel J. Wood Library & C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, NY, USA), Steven J Durning (0000-0001-5223-1597, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences), Justin J Choi (0000-0003-3335-2750, Weill Cornell Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 309-318 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Teacher (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-159X • E-ISSN: 1466-187X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0142159x.2021.1987404 |
| PMID | 34641741 |
| OpenAlex | W3205923966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 34 |
a term coined by Irving Janis to depict premature consensus seeking in highly cohesive groups, is a theory that has been widely discussed in disciplines outside health care. However, it remains unclear how it has been conceptualized, studied, and mitigated in the context of health professionals conducting patient care. This scoping review aimed to examine the conceptualization of groupthink in health care, empirical research conducted in healthcare teams, and recommendations to avoid groupthink. Eight databases were systematically searched for articles focusing on groupthink among health professional teams using a scoping review methodology. A total of 22 articles were included-most were commentaries or narrative reviews with only four empirical research studies. This review found that focus on groupthink and group decision making in medicine is relatively new and growing in interest. Few empirical studies on groupthink in health professional teams have been performed and there is conceptual disagreement on how to interpret groupthink in the context of clinical practice. Future research should develop a theoretical framework that applies groupthink theory to clinical decision making and medical education, validate the groupthink framework in clinical settings, develop measures of groupthink, evaluate interventions that mitigate groupthink in clinical practice, and examine how groupthink may be situated amidst other emerging social cognitive theories of collaborative clinical decision making
Conceptual framework · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology) · Empirical research · Focus group · Group decision-making · Health care · Narrative · Psychological intervention · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Team Dynamics and Performance
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |