FIRST YEAR OF PRACTICE VISITS FOR THE RURAL DEPRESSION ANXIETY RESEARCH AND TREATMENT GENERAL PRACTICE PROGRAM
Autor: | Henry J. Jackson, Julian P Davis, Joe Scopelliti, Fiona Judd, Gene Hodgins, Alex Cockram, Anne Fahey |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
Program evaluation
medicine.medical_specialty Victoria Attitude of Health Personnel Psychological intervention Anxiety Health Services Accessibility Nursing medicine Humans In patient Practice Patterns Physicians' Referral and Consultation Depression (differential diagnoses) Psychiatry Primary Health Care Depression business.industry Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health services research Physicians Family Mental health Models Organizational Family medicine General practice Education Medical Continuing Health Services Research Rural Health Services medicine.symptom Family Practice business Program Evaluation |
Zdroj: | Australian Journal of Rural Health. 11:175-180 |
ISSN: | 1038-5282 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2003.00509.x |
Popis: | OBJECTIVE: To describe the first 12 months activities of a key component of a General Practice Psychiatry program - the GP practice visit. DESIGN: Questionnaire to evaluate effects on participating general practitioners practice. SETTING: Rural group general practices. SUBJECTS: Thirty-two general practitioners in the Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee region in Victoria. INTERVENTIONS: Practice visits involved a combination of each of three key activities: primary consultation, secondary consultation and/or case discussion and formal teaching. RESULTS: General practitioners reported a variety of changes in their practice as a result of the visits. CONCLUSION: Practice visits appear to be a useful means of influencing GP's practice. Further work is required to determine whether such changes are accompanied by demonstrable benefits in patient outcome. WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN: Several models to assist GPs effectively manage mental health problems have been described. These models require regular contact and so have had limited utility in rural settings. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: This study suggests that infrequent contact or input, based on well established models, can alter GP's clinical behaviour. |
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