Changing the antibiotic prescribing of Australian general practice registrars' for acute respiratory tract infections: a non-randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inappropriate antibiotic prescription for self-limiting respiratory tract infections (RTIs) by general practitioner (GP) registrars (trainees) is less common than by established GPs but still exceeds evidence-based benchmarks. A 2014 face-to-face educational intervention for registrars and supervisors reduced registrars' acute bronchitis antibiotic prescription by 16% (absolute reduction). We aimed to establish the efficacy of an updated registrar/supervisor RTI-management intervention (delivered at distance) on antibiotic prescribing.

Methods

A non-randomized trial using a non-equivalent control-group nested within the ReCEnT cohort study. The intervention included online educational modules, registrar and supervisor webinars, and materials for registrar-supervis

SUBMITTER: Turner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911915 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature