Changing prescribing behaviours with educational outreach: an overview of evidence and practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

General practitioners (GPs), or family practitioners, are tasked with prescribing medications that can be harmful to the community if they are inappropriately prescribed or used (e.g. opioids). Educational programs, such as educational outreach (EO), are designed to change the behaviour of health professionals. The purpose of this study was to identify the efficacy of EO programs at changing the prescribing behaviour of GPs.

Methods

This study included an evidence and practice review, comprising a rapid review supplemented by interviews with people who are familiar with EO implementation for regulation purposes. Seven databases were searched using terms related to health professionals and prescribing. Systematic and narrative reviews published in English after 200

SUBMITTER: Kunstler BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693161 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature