Formación orientada a la inserción laboral de médicos (1994–2002)

Ramos, Alex Martins; Barroso, Antonia Lucia Fernandes; Dolado, Raquel; Aliaga, Joan; Padrós, Jaume González; Bruguera, Miquel

doi:10.1016/s0025-7753(04)74174-3

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“…In this context, the evaluation is defined as the process whereby it is possible to determine the value or utility of a certain practice [ 36 , 37 ]. In the medical field, there is a well-established body of scientific research assessing the effectiveness of continuing education [ 30 , 31 , 33 , 39 – 53 ]. Also, in the fields of Psychology and Education [ 38 ].…”

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Reducing patients’ rate of frequent attendance through a training intervention for physicians

Ramos,

Pujol,

Palma

2024

BMC Med Educ

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Background Frequent attendance is a common issue for primary care health centres. The phenomenon affects the quality of care, increases doctors’ workloads and can lead to burnout.This study presents the results of an educational intervention for primary care physicians, aimed at helping them to decrease the prevalence rate of excessive attendance by patients at their centres. Methods A training programme was carried out for 11 primary care doctors in Barcelona who had patient lists totalling 20,064 patients. The goal of the training was to provide the participating physicians with techniques to curb frequent attendance. Additionally, the programme sought to offer them strategies to prevent professional burnout and tools to better organize their everyday medical practice. The study used a quasi-experimental design for an evaluation of an educational intervention, featuring a pre-test assessment (before the training programme) and a post-test assessment (after the training programme), as well as comparison with a control group that did not undergo the training. The study assessed the effects of the programme on the rates of frequent attendance of patients served by the participating physicians. These rates were compared with those registered by the patients seen by the control group physicians over the same period. Results Among the group of physicians who received the training, the mean prevalence of patients who qualified as frequent attenders decreased from 22% prior to the training programme to 8% after completion of the programme. In other words, 14% of patients (2,809) limited the frequency of their visits to primary care physicians after their physicians had completed the training programme. Meanwhile, the study recorded an average decrease of 3.1 visits per year by the patients of the physicians who had undergone the training. Statistically significant differences between this group and the control group were observed. Conclusions The educational intervention proved effective at helping primary care physicians to decrease their patients’ rates of frequent attendance. It also contributes to the impact research of continuing education on doctors and their patients. We need to increase primary care spending from the current 14% to the 25%, to address this problem, among others.

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