title: The Effect of Educational Intervention on Medical Diagnosis Recording among Residents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Studies indicate that using interventions including education may improve medical record documentation and decrease incomplete files. Since physicians play a crucial role in medical record documentation, the researchers intend to examine the effect of educational intervention on physicians' performance and knowledge about principles of medical diagnosis recording among residents in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences(HUMS).
  
  
  METHODS
  This quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2010 on 40 specialty residents (from internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, anesthesiology and surgery specialties) in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. During a workshop, guidelines for recording diagnostic information related to given specialty were taught. Before and after the intervention, five medical records from each resident were selected to assess physician performance about chart documentation. Using a questionnaire, physicians' knowledge was investigated before and after intervention. Data were analyzed through one-way ANOVA test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Change in physicians' knowledge before and after education was not statistically significant (p = 0.15). Residents' behavior did not have statistically significant changes during three phases of the study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diversity of related factors which contributes to the quality of documentation compels portfolio of strategies to enhance medical charting. Employing combination of best practice efforts including educating physicians from the beginning of internship and applying targeted strategy focus on problematic areas and existing gap may enhance physicians' behavior about chart documentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Tehran, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davaridolatabadi
authors.forename: Farahnaz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sadoughi
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Meidani
authors.forename: Mehraban
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahi
keywords: diagnosis writing; documentation; education; medical record; medical records departments; performance change.; residency training