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Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints.

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Ross, AK; Lawton, WA
Published in: Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)
February 25, 1984

We attempted to evaluate a course on muscle and joint problems for general practitioners using a practice log diary and a factual test paper, which were completed both before and after the course by the doctors attending. A significant improvement was shown in the group score in the test paper taken after the course (p less than 0.001). Scores in the tests before and after had a negative correlation with age (p less than 0.001). In comparing the data in the second log diary with those in the first there was a significant reduction in the prescribing of drugs (p less than 0.001), use of heat treatment (p less than 0.001), and in "other" forms of treatment (p less than 0.01). No appreciable change in investigations or number of hospital referrals was shown. Those doctors who had low scores in the first factual test referred appreciably more patients to hospital and requested more x ray examinations (p less than 0.01).

Duke Scholars

Published In

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)

DOI

ISSN

0267-0623

Publication Date

February 25, 1984

Volume

288

Issue

6417

Start / End Page

609 / 612

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Physicians, Family
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Joint Diseases
  • Humans
  • Educational Measurement
  • Education, Medical, Continuing
 

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Ross, A. K., & Lawton, W. A. (1984). Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed), 288(6417), 609–612. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.288.6417.609
Ross, A. K., and W. A. Lawton. “Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints.Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 288, no. 6417 (February 25, 1984): 609–12. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.288.6417.609.
Ross AK, Lawton WA. Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1984 Feb 25;288(6417):609–12.
Ross, A. K., and W. A. Lawton. “Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints.Br Med J (Clin Res Ed), vol. 288, no. 6417, Feb. 1984, pp. 609–12. Pubmed, doi:10.1136/bmj.288.6417.609.
Ross AK, Lawton WA. Evaluation of a course for general practitioners on muscles and joints. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1984 Feb 25;288(6417):609–612.

Published In

Br Med J (Clin Res Ed)

DOI

ISSN

0267-0623

Publication Date

February 25, 1984

Volume

288

Issue

6417

Start / End Page

609 / 612

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Physicians, Family
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Joint Diseases
  • Humans
  • Educational Measurement
  • Education, Medical, Continuing