title: [DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PEDIATRICIANS TO IMPROVE THEIR BEHAVIOR IN THE MANAGEMENT OF FOOD ALLERGY].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many children are suffering from food allergy, however, not all of them are treated properly by pediatricians based on the latest practice guideline. The guideline does not recommend excessive elimination diet, but suggests initial appropriate skincare treatment before examining candidate allergens for food-allergy-patients with atopic dermatitis. We developed and evaluated a curriculum for continuing medical education for pediatrician about food allergy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We provided a medical educational program for pediatricians at the Division of Allergy in National Center for Child Health and Development, from January 2013 to January 2014. The program was aimed to improve their behavior in the management of food allergy, if they excessively eliminated diet from the patients and did not treat atopic dermatitis appropriately. The program was constituted of SBOs and educational strategy. Participant's self evaluation of learning and that of behavior were carried out before and after the training, and their scores were analyzed for the program evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-five participants completed the program. All the scores rating 22 items for evaluation of learning were increased. Five items out of 7 about evaluation of behavior were significantly improved.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We developed a medical educational program about food allergy for pediatricians. After training based on this program, the participants' knowledge and skills were improved and their behavior was desirably modified.
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development.|Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Municipal Kawasaki Hospital.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsumura
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development.|Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center.
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yomase
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development.
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narita
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Futamura
authors.affiliation: Division of Allergy, Department of Medical Subspecialties, National Center for Child Health and Development.
authors.forename: Yukihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohya
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology; D001519:Behavior; D002648:Child; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000628:therapy; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000628:therapy*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens