Imagine you have a potentially serious medical problem and you seek help from a physician to examine treatment options. Place a check mark next to each criterion you would like your physician to rely on when he or she makes recommendations about your treatment.
1. The physician’s intuition that a method will work.
2. What he or she has heard from other physicians in informal exchanges
3. The physician’s experience with a few cases
4. The physician’s demonstrated track record of success based on data he or she has gathered systematically and regularly
5. What fits his or her personal style
6. What is usually offered at the clinic
7. Self-reports of patients about what was helpful
8. Results of controlled experimental studies
9. What the physician is most familiar with
10. What the physician has learned by critically reading professional literature
