Use of focus groups to assess the educational needs of the primary care physician for the management of asthma

Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 987-993

  Davis, Paul ^a   Man, Paul ^a   Cave, Andrew ^a   McBennett, Shannon ^b   Cook, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma, diagnosis, therapy; Education, medical, continuing; Education, medical, graduate; Family practice; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ALBERTA; ASTHMA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034535832     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2000.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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