Usage Patterns of Devices Designed to Support Diabetes Management: an Educational Needs Assessment

Beaser, Richard S.; Neighbours, James; Brown, Julie; Ronk, Katie; Wolyniec, Walter W.

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“…While the literature search highlighted needs assessments focusing on PCPs’ knowledge of diabetes in the field of endocrinology, 4,5 no articles could be found specific to AI diagnosis and management amongst PCPs.…”

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“…1,2 Patients with primary and/or secondary AI have an increased mortality risk, primarily due to cardiovascular and infectious diseases. 1-6…”

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“…1,2 Patients with primary and/or secondary AI have an increased mortality risk, primarily due to cardiovascular and infectious diseases. [1][2][3][4][5][6] Systemic corticosteroids are a mainstay of treatment for many conditions, the foremost being primary and secondary AI, but also rheumatologic conditions, allergic reactions, hepatitis, restrictive lung diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases. According to data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) in 2011, steroids accounted for 9.6% of all adverse drug events diagnosed on admission to the hospital.…”

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A Pilot Assessment of Primary Care Providers’ Knowledge of Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis and Management

Makin

Nowacki

Colbert

2019

J Prim Care Community Health

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Background and Objectives: Adrenal insufficiency (AI) is one of the most challenging diagnoses in primary care, and misdiagnosis is costly. The aim of this educational needs assessment was to assess primary care physicians’ (PCPs) knowledge of AI diagnosis and management as a preliminary step in developing a professional education module to address knowledge of practice gaps. Methods: We developed a 12-item needs assessment and pretested questionnaire items prior to use to gather validity evidence. The questionnaire contained 4 AI knowledge items, 4 needs assessment items, and 4 demographic items. It was administered to 100 PCPs across a single integrated health care system over a 6-month period. Results: Fifty-one of 100 questionnaires were returned. The majority of respondents believed their knowledge of AI diagnosis and management was “average” when compared with peers. Responses indicated that PCPs were fairly comfortable diagnosing, but not managing AI patients. There was no association between respondents’ clinical knowledge of AI and respondents’ roles as clinical instructors (ie, having trainees assigned to them). A total of 54% of respondents said they utilized online resources to enhance current knowledge of AI and 88% of respondents said they would use a new AI resource, if available. When asked to rank preferences for professional development modalities, 26/38 respondents ranked UpToDate, 21/38 respondents ranked traditional lecture, and 19/38 respondents ranked case discussion among their top 3 choices. Conclusion: Results of this needs assessment showed that PCPs within our health care system both needed and desired professional development targeting AI diagnosis and management. A faculty development session, which included a short lecture and case scenarios, was developed and delivered to PCPs at participating family health centers. Session materials are now available for use by other institutions to meet professional development needs on this important topic.

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“…1,2 Patients with primary and/or secondary AI have an increased mortality risk, primarily due to cardiovascular and infectious diseases. 1-6…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Pilot Assessment of Primary Care Providers’ Knowledge of Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis and Management

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Nowacki

Colbert

2019

J Prim Care Community Health

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“…However, underuse of diabetes care was common for older patients at international settings (5,(12)(13)(14)(15). Moreover, the utilisation patterns or key factors associated with the effective diabetes care are unclear.…”

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Diabetes care for older patients in America

2011

International Journal of Clinical Practice

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Usage Patterns of Devices Designed to Support Diabetes Management: an Educational Needs Assessment

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A Pilot Assessment of Primary Care Providers’ Knowledge of Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis and Management

A Pilot Assessment of Primary Care Providers’ Knowledge of Adrenal Insufficiency Diagnosis and Management

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