The Influence of a Continuing Medical Education Campaign on New Strategies to Improve Appropriate Use of Antibiotics

Table 4

Identified reasons for making a change in protocol, by previous Family Medical Review (FMR).

Reason for implementation	Previous FMR attendance, number (%)
	Attended	Never attended
CME at this course	56/64 (87.5)	0/52 (0.0)
Other CME I’ve taken	13/64 (20.3)	22/52 (42.3)
Recommendations of national organizations (such as CDC)	41/64 (64.1)	38/52 (73.1)
Medical articles I’ve read	31/64 (48.4)	35/52 (67.3)
Discussions with practice partners or other medical colleagues	32/64 (50.0)	26/52 (50.0)
Policy from my medical employer, hospital or medical group	8/64 (12.5)	12/52 (23.1)
Other	4/64 (6.3)	1/52 (1.9)

= number of survey respondents who had implemented one or more new strategies.