| Título: | Using E-mail based Continuing Medical Education for Family Physicians — Can it work? |
| Autores: |
Marshall, J. Neil Brett, Pamela J. Stewart, Moira A Østbye, Truls |
| Fecha: | 1969-12-31 |
| Publicador: | Medical Education Online |
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| Tema: | No aplica |
| Descripción: | Objective: In 1994, the Family medicine Education and Research Network (FERN) was developed to support on-line discussion among London and area family physicians. FERN-D (FERN Dissemination) was introduced as a closed sub-group of FERN to support educational case discussions focused on prevention. The present study reports results of a pilot FERN-D intervention. Design: Preand Post- intervention mail-out surveys combined with an e-mail feedback questionnaire and a modified focus group. Setting: Rural and urban family physicians in the London Ontario area. Participants: Initial survey mailed to all area family physicians (N=480). 40 volunteer physicians recruited to the intervention group. Response rate was 50.4% to the pre-survey, and 68% to the follow-up survey (only mailed to responders) Main findings: A higher percentage of the FERN-D group indicated accurate knowledge for seven of the items than the comparison group. Both groups improved their preventive practice scores from pre- to post intervention. The majority of the FERN-D group felt that they had become aware of new techniques or relevant research (58.8%) and had made changes in their practice (64.7%). In both the e-mail feedback and the modifed focus group convenience (89.2%) and interaction with family physician colleagues (86.5%) were cited as advantages to this method of CME. Conclusion: On-line case-based discussion is a promising strategy for enhanced research transfer to family physicians: more research is needed to determine if it can be effectively utilized to change physician behavior. |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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