Table 2 Answers to questions relating to teaching of the content of clinical practice guidelines; a national survey, 2007
Combined | Family Medicine | Internal Medicine | |
|---|---|---|---|
N = 434 | N = 239 | N = 195 | |
Goals and objectives | |||
Yes | 61 (14) | 32 (13) | 29 (15) |
Aspects of CPGs taught | |||
Identifying and locating CPGs | 310 (71) | 191 (80) | 119 (61) |
Critical appraisal of CPGs | 222 (51) | 130 (54) | 92 (47) |
Content of specific CPGs | 329 (76) | 185 (77) | 144 (74) |
Dealing with conflicting CPGs | 127 (29) | 82 (34) | 45 (23) |
None | 37 (9) | 12 (5) | 25 (13) |
Other | 20 (4.6) | 15 (6.2) | 5 (2.6) |
Educational activities to teach CPGs | |||
Making texts of CPGs available | 229 (53) | 126 (53) | 103 (53) |
Didactic sessions | 331 (76) | 196 (82) | 135 (69) |
Interactive sessions | 154 (36) | 83 (35) | 71 (36) |
Journal club | 276 (64) | 157 (67) | 119 (61) |
Audit and feedback to residents * | 163 (38) | 99 (41) | 64 (33) |
Self-audit by residents | 90 (21) | 50 (21) | 40 (21) |
Educational games | 75 (17) | 41 (17) | 34 (17) |
None | 23 (5) | 5 (2) | 18 (9) |
Other | 25(5.8) | 15 (6.3) | 10 (5.1) |
Evaluation of the teaching of CPGs | |||
Objective assessment of knowledge | 151 (35) | 79 (33) | 72 (37) |
Assessment of attitude | 45 (10) | 23 (10) | 22 (11) |
Auditing of resident adherence * | 190 (44) | 123 (51) | 67 (34) |
Assessment of satisfaction | 40 (9) | 23 (10) | 17 (9) |
None | 157 (36) | 78 (33) | 79 (41) |
Other | 17 (3.9) | 9 (3.7) | 8 (4.1) |
CPGs texts made available through | |||
The website of the program | 142 (33) | 79 (33) | 63 (32) |
Servers of affiliated hospital(s) | 181 (42) | 102 (43) | 79 (41) |
email distribution | 76 (18) | 44 (18) | 32 (16) |
Personal digital assistant (PDA) | 107 (25) | 85 (36) | 22 (11) |
Paper copies | 236 (54) | 136 (57) | 100 (51) |
None | 20 (5) | 7 (3) | 13 (7) |
Other | 47 (10.8) | 25 (10.46) | 22 (11.3) |
Barriers | |||
Limited access to CPGs | 31 (7) | 13 (5) | 18 (9) |
Insufficient interest among residents | 72 (17) | 35 (15) | 37 (19) |
Insufficient interest among faculty | 96 (22) | 41 (17) | 55 (28) |
Time constraints on residents | 214 (49) | 118 (49) | 96 (49) |
Time constraints on faculty | 245 (56) | 140 (59) | 105 (54) |
None | 94 (22) | 53 (22) | 41 (21) |
35 (8.0) | 22 (9.2) | 13 (6.7) |