Determining priorities for family physician education in substance abuse by the use of a survey.
As the initial stage in developing a curriculum to assist family physicians to diagnose and manage alcohol abuse in their practices, questionnaires were mailed to a selected group of family physicians. A total of 117 physicians (34%) completed the questionnaire. The majority of physicians (70.1%) reported that fewer than 10% of their caseload experienced alcohol-related problems. Most physicians (59.3%) did not use any of the standard diagnostic instruments but reported that screening and detection was the most challenging alcohol-related problem along with patient management. The questionnaire identified a number of areas that could be used in the development of educational strategies to increase the expertise of primary care physicians in the diagnosis and management of alcohol-related problems.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Lockyer
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Juschka
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