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How physicians have learned to handle sickness-certification cases.

Anna Löfgren1, Charlotte Silén, Kristina Alexanderson

  • 1Division of Insurance Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. anna.lofgren@ki.se

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
|January 26, 2011
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Summary

Physicians gain sickness certification skills mainly through daily practice and colleague interactions, not formal training. Learning in formal and non-formal settings increased between 2004 and 2008.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical education
  • Occupational health
  • Public health policy

Background:

  • Sickness absence is a common healthcare practice in Western countries.
  • Physicians receive limited training in sickness certification, and research in this area is scarce.
  • Effective sickness certification impacts patients' lives significantly.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate physicians' learning experiences in managing sickness certification.
  • To differentiate learning in formal, informal, and non-formal educational settings.
  • To identify changes in these learning experiences between 2004 and 2008.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized two comprehensive Swedish physician questionnaires (2004 and 2008).
  • Analyzed data from physicians aged ≤64 with sickness certification tasks (n=4019 in 2004, n=14,210 in 2008).
  • Assessed the perceived importance of various learning situations for sickness certification competence.

Main Results:

  • Formal learning situations (undergraduate, internship, residency) contributed minimally to sickness certification competence.
  • Physicians reported significant benefits from informal learning, particularly contact with colleagues (65%).
  • A notable increase in perceived importance of formal and non-formal learning was observed from 2004 to 2008.

Conclusions:

  • Physicians primarily develop sickness certification competence through daily clinical practice.
  • Interactions with colleagues and patients are key informal learning situations.
  • There's a trend towards increased recognition of formal and non-formal learning in sickness certification.