Participants' perception of impact of a workshop on their preventive practices.
A 90-minute interactive workshop, offered to small groups on request, was developed to help physicians include evidence-based preventive interventions in their practices. Between 25 September 1996 and 10 December 1997, 593 family physicians throughout the Province of Quebec (Canada) participated in one of the 40 workshops presented in all the regions of Quebec. Almost all participants (98%) completed the self-administered questionnaire. Their opinion of the achievement of three workshop objectives were evaluated using a seven-point Likert scale (-3 to +3)as their perception of the direct impact of the workshop on their practice. The workshop objectives were reached to a high degree: 2.1 (sd 0.90) for prescribing a proper check-up for adults; 1.83(sd 1.02) for explaining to the patient the reasons motivating his/her choice to include or exclude certain tests; 2.09 (sd 0.93)for using concrete and useful tool facilitating the integration of preventive measures in his/her professional practice. Female physicians and those under 40 perceived that the objectives were reached to a greater degree. Participants indicate their intention to modify their practice according to the clinical practice guidelines presented in the workshop.
Practice Enhancement Division, Collège de médecins du Québec, Montréal, Canada. goulet.cmq@sympatico.ca
François
F
Goulet
Danielle
D
Saucier
Marie-Dominique
MD
Beaulieu
Johanne
J
Blais
Robert
R
Favreau
André
A
Jacques
Roger
R
Ladouceur
Raymond
R
Lalande
Réjean
R
Ménard
Robert
R
Gagnon
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000193:education*; D011792:Quebec