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[What do general practitioners do to keep themselves up to date?].

Shaun Treweek1, Signe Flottorp, Atle Fretheim

  • 1Avdeling for informerte helsebeslutninger, Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten, Postboks 7004 St. Olavs plass, 0130 Oslo.

Tidsskrift for Den Norske Laegeforening : Tidsskrift for Praktisk Medicin, Ny Raekke
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General practitioners (GPs) dedicate significant time to continuing education. However, many activities lack proven effectiveness, necessitating greater evaluation of current practices.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education Research
  • Continuing Professional Development

Context:

  • General practitioners (GPs) in Norway participate in continuing education to enhance patient care.
  • The effectiveness of various continuing education methods varies significantly.

Purpose:

  • To investigate the time allocation and perceived effectiveness of continuing education activities among Norwegian GPs.
  • To identify which continuing education methods are most utilized and valued by GPs.

Summary:

  • GPs spend an average of 2.3 hours weekly on continuing education.
  • Daily use of discharge reports for learning was reported by 75% of GPs.
  • Traditional lectures comprised 80% of course instruction, with learning and practice improvement as key objectives.

Impact:

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  • Current continuing education practices may not align with evidence-based effectiveness.
  • There is a critical need for more rigorous evaluation of continuing education activities to ensure practice improvement.