Academic Detailing Interventions and Evidence-Based Prescribing: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Academic detailing (interactive educational outreach) is a widely used strategy to encourage evidence-based prescribing by clinicians.

Objective

To evaluate academic detailing programs targeted at improving prescribing behavior and describe program aspects associated with positive outcomes.

Evidence review

A systematic search of MEDLINE from April 1, 2007, through December 31, 2022, was performed for randomized trials and nonrandomized studies of academic detailing interventions to improve prescribing. Academic detailing was defined as evidence-based medication education outreach delivered interactively to individuals or small groups of prescribers. Only studies that measured prescribing outcomes were included. Two investigators independently assessed studi

SUBMITTER: Rome BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12543401 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature