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- Title
The effectiveness of continuing medical education in changing the behavior of physicians caring for patients with acute myocardial infarction. A controlled randomized trial.
- Authors
White, Carl W.; Albanese, Mark A.; Brown, Donald D.; Caplan, Richard M.; White, C W; Albanese, M A; Brown, D D; Caplan, R M
- Abstract
A randomized controlled trial was done to assess the ability of continuing medical education to change physicians' knowledge and behavior in the care of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Patient care practices on eight objectives were audited 6 months before and after physicians completed a 2-hour educational program. Sixty-three physicians from eight randomly selected communities constituted the experimental group and 40 physicians from four similar communities served as controls. The average score for desired care practices over all objectives increased from 48.5% to 60% (p less than 0.001). Three objectives showed significantly greater gains for physicians in the experimental group. The generalizability of these effects was also studied in two additional educational contexts: a multitopic and a unitopic university-based continuing medical education program. Similar significant changes in behavior resulted in both contexts. Significant overall increases in knowledge occurred and persisted for all groups. Continuing medical education can effect changes in physicians' knowledge and care practices that can persist for at least 6 months.
- Subjects
IOWA; MEDICAL education; MYOCARDIAL infarction; MYOCARDIAL infarction treatment; AUDITING; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL trials; COMPARATIVE studies; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements; HOSPITAL care; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL sampling; CONTINUING medical education; EVALUATION research; RANDOMIZED controlled trials
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985, Vol 102, Issue 5, p686
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-102-5-686