• Risk knowledge in relapsing multiple sclerosis (RIKNO 1.0) - Development of an outcome instrument for educational interventions 

      Heesen, Christoph; Kasper, Jürgen; Fischer, Korbinan; Köpke, Sascha; Rahn, Anne; Backhus, Imke; Poettgen, Jana; Vahter, Liina; Drulović, Jelena S.; Van Nunen, An; Beckmann, Yeşim Yetimalar; Liethmann, Katrin; Fulcher, Gary; Solari, Alessandra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-02)
      Background Adequate risk knowledge of patients is a prerequisite for shared decision making but few attempts have been made to develop assessment tools. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of young adults with an increasing number of partially effective immunotherapies and therefore a paradigmatic disease to study patient involvement. <p>Objective/methods Based on an item ...
    • Training doctors briefly and in situ to involve their patients in making medical decisions—Preliminary testing of a newly developed module 

      Kasper, Jürgen; Liethmann, Katrin; Heesen, Christoph; Reissmann, Daniel R; Geiger, Friedemann (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-18)
      <p><b>Objective</b>: To carry out preliminary evaluation of a training module for doctors to enhance their ability to involve their patients in medical decision making. The training refers to the shared decision-making (SDM) communication concept.</p> <p><b>Methods</b>: The training module includes a comprehensive manual, a corresponding video tutorial with communication examples and a 15-minute ...