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A simple tool to evoke physicians' real training needs.

David Pérol1, Jean-Pierre Boissel, Christiane Broussolle

  • 1Department of Public Health, Léon Bérard Center, Lyon, France. perold@lyon.fnclcc.fr.

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
|May 16, 2002
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Using a personal-office-visit diary significantly improved the specificity of training needs identified by general practitioners. This simple tool can help create more targeted continuing medical education (CME) programs.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • General Practice
  • Healthcare Professional Development

Background:

  • Current methods for identifying general practitioner training needs are insufficient.
  • Physician-identified needs may not reflect actual patient interaction challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a personal-office-visit diary on the specificity of general practitioners' training needs.
  • To determine if diary use enhances the identification of relevant professional development requirements.

Main Methods:

  • A controlled intervention trial involving 1,038 general practitioners in France.
  • Randomized assignment to an intervention group (using a diary) and a control group.
  • Comparison of the specificity of training needs expressed by both groups.

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Main Results:

  • General practitioners using the personal-office-visit diary showed significantly higher specificity in identified training needs.
  • Practitioners under 40, in urban settings, and members of continuing medical education associations also expressed needs with greater specificity.
  • The diary intervention demonstrated a clear positive effect on need specificity.

Conclusions:

  • A personal-office-visit diary is a simple, cost-effective tool for more precise identification of general practitioner training needs.
  • This improved identification can lead to better-tailored and more effective continuing medical education programs.
  • Further assessment by continuing medical education providers is recommended.