Development and efficacy of a clinician-targeted refresher course for treating nonpneumonia respiratory tract infections.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2017, the Japanese government published an evidence-based manual describing the appropriate use of antibiotics in outpatient settings to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance. To fill the evidence-practice gap, we developed a clinician-targeted course aimed at improving clinician skills in the daily clinical practice of treating acute respiratory tract infections (RTIs) based on the manual. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the course.

Methods

This course consisted of lectures using illness scripts and checklists, as well as interactive communication skills training using role-playing. We performed a vignette-based evaluation of the changes in the knowledge and attitudes of the course participants toward prescribing antibiotics for

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030038 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature