Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
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en
jalali
1393
10
1
gregorian
2015
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online
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Pamphlet as a tool for continuing medical education: performance assessment in a randomized controlled interventional study
Medical Education
Medical Education
Original Research
Original Research
<p> <strong> Background: </strong>Pamphlet is a tool used for distance continuous professional development programs. In this study, we assessed the impact of an educational pamphlet on improving prescription writing errors in general physicians’ performance. </p><p> <strong> Methods </strong>: In this randomized controlled interventional study, we prepared a training pamphlet according to the most prevalent prescription writing problems. We randomized 200 participants among general physicians affiliated with Tehran Social Security Insurance Organization, and randomly divided them into intervention and control groups. Participants’ prescriptions (N=34888) were investigated over a month, and then the prepared pamphlet was sent out to the participants in the intervention group. After three months we examined their one-month prescriptions again (N=30296) and investigated the changes in prescription errors. </p><p> <strong> Results </strong>: There was no significant difference in the mean number of prescriptions in two groups before and after intervention (p=0.076). Mean number of medicinal items reduced significantly in intervention group. Also mean number of prescriptions including injection drugs (p=0.024), Corticosteroids (p=0.036), Cephalosporin (p=0.017) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (p=0.005) reduced significantly. No significant differences were found for other errors. </p><p> <strong> Conclusion </strong>: This study showed that use of an appropriate pamphlet has a considerable impact on improving general physicians’ performance and could be applied for continuous professional development. </p>
Educational media, Pamphlet, Continuous medical education, General practitioners.
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http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-877&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Aeen
Mohammadi
aeen_mohammadi@tums.ac.ir
200319475328460018317
200319475328460018317
No
Department of Medical Education, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Rita
Mojtahedzadeh
r_mojtahedzadeh@tums.ac.ir
200319475328460018318
200319475328460018318
No
Department of e-learning in Medical Education, Virtual School, Center for Excellence in E-learning in Medical Education, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Amir Hossein
Emami
emamiami@yahoo.com
200319475328460018319
200319475328460018319
Yes
Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Educational Development Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Marjaneh
Dehpour
marjanehdehpour@yahoo.com
200319475328460018320
200319475328460018320
No
Department of Medical Education, Medical School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.