TY - JOUR
T1 - Type 2 diabetes continuing medical education for general practitioners: what works? A systematic review
AU - Thepwongsa, Isaraporn
AU - Kirby, Catherine Narelle
AU - Schattner, Peter
AU - Shaw, Jonathan E
AU - Piterman, Leon
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - To perform a systematic review of studies that have assessed the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve healthcare professionals care of patients with diabetes and to assess the effects of educational interventions targeted at general practitioners diabetes management.
A computer search was conducted using the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, Informit, Google scholar and ERIC from the earliest date of each database up until 2013. A supplementary review of reference lists from each article obtained was also carried out. Measured changes in general practitioners satisfaction, knowledge, practice behaviours and patient outcomes were recorded.
AB - To perform a systematic review of studies that have assessed the effectiveness of interventions designed to improve healthcare professionals care of patients with diabetes and to assess the effects of educational interventions targeted at general practitioners diabetes management.
A computer search was conducted using the Cochrane Library, PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, Scopus, EMBASE, Informit, Google scholar and ERIC from the earliest date of each database up until 2013. A supplementary review of reference lists from each article obtained was also carried out. Measured changes in general practitioners satisfaction, knowledge, practice behaviours and patient outcomes were recorded.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dme.12552/epdf
U2 - 10.1111/dme.12552
DO - 10.1111/dme.12552
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 1488
EP - 1497
JO - Diabetic Medicine
JF - Diabetic Medicine
SN - 0742-3071
IS - 12
ER -