Referral letters to colorectal surgeons: the impact of peer-mediated feedback.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs) select few patients for specialist investigation. Having selected a patient, the GP writes a referral letter which serves primarily to convey concerns about the patient and offer background information. Referral letters to specialists sometimes provide an inadequate amount of information. The content of referral letters to colorectal surgeons can now be scored based on the views of GPs about the ideal content of referral letters.

Aim

To determine if written feedback about the contents of GP referral letters mediated by local peers was acceptable to GPs and how this feedback influenced the content and variety of their referrals.

Design

A non-randomised control trial.

Setting

GPs in North Nottinghamshire.

Method

In a

SUBMITTER: Jiwa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1314806 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature