Feasibility of a randomised trial of a continuing medical education program in shared decision-making on the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections in primary care: The DECISION+ pilot trial

Implementation Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  LeBlanc, Annie ^a   Légaré, France ^a,b   Labrecque, Michel ^a,b   Godin, Gaston ^b   Thivierge, Robert ^c   Laurier, Claudine ^c   Côté, Luc ^b   O'Connor, Annette M ^d   Rousseau, Michel ^b  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78751596585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-5     Document Type: Article

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