Enhancing primary care capacity in chronic kidney disease management: a quality improvement educational initiative.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gaps in identification, medical management and appropriate referral for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are evident.

Objective

We designed and implemented an interactive educational intervention (accredited workshop) to improve primary care providers' awareness of tools to support guideline-concordant CKD management.

Design

We used the Kern method to design the educational intervention and targeted the accredited workshops to primary care team members (physicians, nurses and allied health) in Alberta, Canada. We conducted anonymous pre-workshop and post-workshop surveys to identify practice-specific barriers to care, identify potential solutions, and evaluate provider confidence pre-intervention and post-intervention. We used non-parametric stati

SUBMITTER: Smekal MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8578991 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature