Research priorities for arthritis professional education

Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians Toward Sleep and Sleep Disorders

“…Our survey was developed with such a purpose and relied upon methods and formats previously used to assess physician knowledge and attitudes relevant to other illnesses 10,11 or physician behaviors. There is no precedent for a survey on sleep that compares attitudes to related lifestyle behaviors or other conditions.…”

Knowledge and Attitudes of Primary Care Physicians Toward Sleep and Sleep Disorders

“…There is no precedent for a survey on sleep that compares attitudes to related lifestyle behaviors or other conditions. Our survey was developed with such a purpose and relied upon methods and formats previously used to assess physician knowledge and attitudes relevant to other illnesses 10,11 or physician behaviors. 12 Our purpose was to assess PCPs' knowledge and attitudes about sleep relative to other lifestyle issues, to assess their opinions about the place in the medical curriculum where sleep topics should be taught, and to ascertain their perceptions of factors that influence change in their practice of medicine.…”

Advances brought by health services research to patients with arthritis: Summary of the workshop on health services research in arthritis: From research to practice

“…The consensus among participants of the third annual MAMDC Conference on Educational Research was that medical student and house officer education programs in rheumatology lack effective models for teaching and evaluating medical students' and house officers' knowledge and clinical skills, and that research addressing clinical teaching in rheumatology in the ambulatory care setting is of particular importance (33). Dr. Wayne K. Davis (University of Michigan) described computer-based patient simulations to bridge this gap.…”