Research Article
The Influence of a Continuing Medical Education Campaign on New Strategies to Improve Appropriate Use of Antibiotics
Table 3
Identified new strategies implemented, by previous Family Medical Review (FMR) attendance.
| | Strategy | Previous FMR attendance (, %) | | Attended |
Never attended |
| | Patient education/educational materials/informational sheets | 44/64 (68.8) | 32/52 (61.6) | | Having paper copies of guidelines available | 13/64 (20.3) | 4/52 (7.7) | | Accessing guidelines electronically | 18/64 (28.1) | 15/52 (28.8) | | Developing a practice policy | 9/64 (14.1) | 7/52 (13.5) | | Practice audit to see how my practice is doing | 9/64 (14.1) | 2/52 (3.8) | | Signs in reception room/office | 18/64 (28.1) | 12/52 (23.1) | | More physician education | 26/64 (40.6) | 23/52 (44.2) | | Staff meetings to discuss this problem | 10/64 (15.6) | 8/52 (15.4) | | More staff education | 14/64 (21.9) | 13/52 (25.0) | | Others | 3/64 (4.7) | 4/52 (7.7) |
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= number of survey respondents who implemented one or more new strategies.
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