title: The instructional impact of the American Medical Association's Older Drivers Project online curriculum.
abstract: The Older Drivers Project (ODP) of the American Medical Association has provided evidence-based training for clinicians since 2003. More than 10,000 physicians and other professionals have been trained via an authoritative manual, the Physician's Guide to Assessing & Counseling Older Drivers, and an associated continuing medical education five-module curriculum offered formally by multidisciplinary teams from 12 U.S. States from 2003 to 2008. An hour-long, online version was piloted with medical residents and physicians (N = 259) from six academic and physician office sites from 2010 to 2011. Pre/postsurveys were completed. Most rated the curriculum of high quality and relevant to their practice. A majority (88%) reported learning a new technique or tool, and 89% stated an intention to incorporate new learning into their daily clinical practice. More than one half (62%) reported increased confidence in addressing driving. This transition from in-person to online instruction will allow the ODP to reach many more clinicians, at all levels of training, in the years to come.
authors.affiliation: a Gerontology Graduate Program, School of Social Work, University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Meuser
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Marla
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berg-Weger
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Irmiter
authors.forename: Karen E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Joanne G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Schwartzberg
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000574:American Medical Association; D001334:Automobile Driving; D020375:Education, Distance; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D014481:United States