Effect of a primary care continuing education program on clinical practice of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: translating theory into practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the development and implementation process and assess the effect on self-reported clinical practice changes of a multidisciplinary, collaborative, interactive continuing medical education (CME)/continuing education (CE) program on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Methods

Multidisciplinary subject matter experts and education specialists used a systematic instructional design approach and collaborated with the American College of Chest Physicians and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners to develop, deliver, and reproduce a 1-day interactive COPD CME/CE program for 351 primary care clinicians in 20 US cities from September 23, 2009, through November 13, 2010.

Results

We recorded responses to demographic, self-confidence, and knowle

SUBMITTER: Adams SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3538496 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature