Case Method in COPD education for primary care physicians: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is often undiagnosed and insufficiently managed. Effective forms of continuing medical education (CME) for primary care physicians (PCPs) are necessary to ensure the implementation of guidelines in clinical practice and, thus, improve patients' health.

Methods

In this study, we will measure the effects of CME by Case Method and compare them against those of traditional lectures and no CME at all through an unblinded, cluster randomised controlled trial (CRCT). Thirty-three primary health care centres (PHCCs) in Stockholm, Sweden, with a total of 180 PCPs will be involved. Twenty-two primary PHCCs, will be cluster-randomised into: an intervention group who will r

SUBMITTER: Sandelowsky H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5408477 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature