title: Teaching Physicians Procedural Skills at a National Professional Meeting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Practicing physicians often wish to improve their procedural skills but have limited educational opportunities to do so.
  
  
  METHODS
  To summarize the effects of two procedural workshops on participants' confidence, proficiency, and practice patterns.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Following completion of a skin biopsy or arthrocentesis workshop, participants completed a post-course and an 8-month follow up evaluation. Recipients of this training rated it highly and reported that following training they performed more procedures, referred less, and noted an increase in their confidence that was still evident eight months after the workshop.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Skin biopsy and arthrocentesis/joint injection skills can be taught to practicing physicians in a workshop setting at national professional meetings.
authors.affiliation: a Director of Education and Career Development American College of Physicians Philadelphia , PA.
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Alguire
keywords: clinical competence;; educational measurement; internal medicine;; teaching;