Training family physicians and residents in family medicine in shared decision making to improve clinical decisions regarding the use of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections: Protocol for a clustered randomized controlled trial

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Légaré, France ^a,b   Labrecque, Michel ^a,b   Godin, Gaston ^b   LeBlanc, Annie ^c   Laurier, Claudine ^d   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^e   Castel, Josette ^b   Tremblay, Isabelle ^b   Frémont, Pierre ^b   Cauchon, Michel ^b   Lemieux, Kathleen ^b   Rhéaume, Caroline ^b  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TEACHING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79251585963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-12-3     Document Type: Article

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