Survey Question Format
Baseline data collected in the survey included respondent’s age, gender,
and seniority. Each case scenario was then followed by a series of six
questions, unchanged across the four scenarios. Study subjects were
asked to answer all questions as they would in their own clinical
practice. Answer choices were dichotomized or measured on a Likert
scale. Questions investigated who had the ultimate decision-making
authority between the patient and the parents, how parent-child conflict
might be resolved, and utilization of ethics and psychiatry consultation
services (Appendix 1). Following the four case scenarios, an optional,
qualitative question asked study respondents to write a few sentences
describing their scenario responses.