Knowledge Sharing and Information Credibility as Correlate of Decision Making Among Health Practitioners in Federal Medical Centre North-Central Nigeria

Abstract

The paper highlighted knowledge sharing and information credibility as correlate of decision making among health practitioners in federal medical centres in North-Central, Nigeria. The study was guided by two (2) objectives, two (2) research questions and one (1) hypothesis. The null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance: Survey research design method was adopted for the study. Questionnaire was the only instrument used for data collection. Three hundred and seventy-four (374) copies of questionnaire were administered on respondents and three hundred and sixty-one (361) copies of questionnaire were filled, returned and used for the analysis. Descriptive statistics such as frequency count, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the data. The findings of the study among others revealed that health practitioners conceptualize ideas during decision making processes. The result of the hypothesis showed that increase in knowledge shared and verified will improve decision making among health practitioners in federal medical centres North Central, Nigeria. In conclusion, the study recommended among others that provision of equipment and use of professional social media platforms for credible knowledge sharing will aid medical practitioners in decision making processes and ensure that the provision of only rich credible information are provided.