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Health Judgment and Decision Making
Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health, Behavior and Society
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2026 - 2027
Instruction Method
Online Synchronous (at least one synch session/week)
Start Date
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
End Date
Friday, May 29, 2026
Tu, W, Th, F, 9:00 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
William Klein
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
n/a
Enrollment Restriction
This course is not restricted.
Are you interested in the impact of psychological processes on how people make judgments and decisions, and how this knowledge can be used to improve healthcare and policy? Do you want to know more about how to help groups make better decisions?
Provides a foundation in cognitive, emotional, and motivational processes underlying judgment and decision making in a variety of health contexts. Focuses on antecedents and consequences of adaptive and maladaptive health judgments and decisions, with particular attention to risk perception and communication, application of decisional heuristics, and personal beliefs underlying health decisions. Considers how people make decisions, how they respond to health information, and how they mentally represent illness, as well as how health teams make decisions. Prepares students to apply basic research on health judgment and decision-making to multiple health settings and policy/decision making contexts.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Obtain foundational knowledge about human judgment and decision making
- Apply knowledge to development of tools or interventions designed to improve judgment and decision making in health settings
- Strengthen analytic thinking and presentation of ideas in written and oral form
- Work effectively in teams, leveraging research on group decision making
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 10% Participation
- 10% Discussion
- 10% In-class Exercises
- 25% Assignments
- 10% Group Work
- 15% Homework
- 20% Written Assignment(s)