General practitioners’ knowledge of whiplash guidelines improved with online education
| Autor: | Luciana G. Macedo, Lyndal Trevena, Trudy Rebbeck, Ian D. Cameron, P. Paul |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population health Primary outcome General Practitioners Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Whiplash medicine Humans Prospective Studies Baseline (configuration management) Whiplash Injuries Health economics business.industry Health Policy Public health medicine.disease Publishing Family medicine Practice Guidelines as Topic Education Medical Continuing Female Educational Measurement Guideline Adherence New South Wales business Computer-Assisted Instruction |
| Zdroj: | Australian Health Review. 37:688 |
| ISSN: | 0156-5788 |
| Popis: | Objective The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of an online education program used to implement the Australian (New South Wales) whiplash guidelines with general practitioners (GP). The secondary aim was to identify factors associated with learning. Methods An online educational and evaluation activity was developed to reflect the key messages for GP from the Australian whiplash guidelines. The educational activity was hosted on the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ website (www.gplearning.com.au) for a period of 3 years. Participants were recruited through advertisement and media releases. Participants completed a baseline evaluation of their knowledge, participated in the interactive educational activity and completed a post-knowledge questionnaire. The primary outcome was change in professional knowledge, predictors of learning were computed using linear regression. Results Two hundred and fifteen GP participated. Knowledge significantly improved between baseline and post-knowledge questionnaire scores (P |
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