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Area of Science:

  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Continuing Medical Education
  • General Practice

Background:

  • Traditional knowledge dissemination methods have limited impact on improving general practitioners' (GPs) prescription quality.
  • Assessing GPs' perspectives on pharmacotherapy knowledge sources is crucial.
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of audit and feedback as an educational intervention is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine GPs' views on various pharmacotherapy knowledge sources.
  • To assess GPs' attitudes towards audit and feedback as an educational method.
  • To evaluate the impact of continuing medical education (CME) on prescription practices.

Main Methods:

  • A questionnaire was distributed to GPs within CME groups.
  • The study focused on GPs participating in a quality improvement intervention for prescription practice.
  • Data on knowledge sources and attitudes towards educational methods were collected.

Main Results:

  • The Norwegian Pharmaceutical Catalogue was the primary drug information source.
  • Industry-based sources were perceived as less influential yet frequently used.
  • GPs found CME groups valuable, with 94% comfortable sharing prescription data.

Conclusions:

  • Audit and feedback within CME groups appear to be an effective educational strategy for pharmacotherapy.
  • Despite low perceived value, industry information sources may still influence GP prescribing behavior.