What is the effectiveness of printed educational materials on primary care physician knowledge, behaviour, and patient outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analyses

Implementation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Grudniewicz, Agnes ^a,b   Kealy, Ryan ^c   Rodseth, Reitze N ^d,e   Hamid, Jemila ^b,f   Rudoler, David ^a   Straus, Sharon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Primary care; Printed educational materials

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; META ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; PAMPHLETS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84948981616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0347-5     Document Type: Review

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