Abstract
Abstract Hope (1996) defines the focus of evidence-based patient choice (EBPC) as the use of evidence-based information to help people make choices when they, or those close to them, are in need of health care. Neither he, nor other writers, have identified the knowledge, skills, and attitudes which health professionals require in order to practice EBPC nor described the ways in which EBPC can be implemented within the doctor-patient encounter. Our work has been based on the concept of informed shared decision making. We believe there are many similarities in terms of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed for both. We will therefore use our work on shared decision making as a model for exploring the teaching and learning of EBPC, the problems likely to be encountered, and possible solutions. In this chapter we focus particularly on the education and training of physicians. However, our preliminary work with dentists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists suggests that the competences required for physicians are generalizable to other health care professionals.
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