A geographical cluster randomised stepped wedge study of continuing medical education and cancer diagnosis in general practice

Implementation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Toftegaard, Berit Skjødeberg ^a,b   Bro, Flemming ^a,b   Vedsted, Peter ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Section of General Practice   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Barriers; Continuing Medical Education; Denmark; Diagnosis; Early Detection of Cancer; General Practice

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920769099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0159-z     Document Type: Article

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