ArticleImplementation science : IS2018
How do physicians behave when they participate in audit and feedback activities in a group with their peers?
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Better with GPs as managers? - Variation in perceptions of feedback messages, goal-clarity and performance across manager´s in Swedish primary care.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Snakes and ladders: A qualitative study understanding the active ingredients of social interaction around the use of audit and feedback.Translational behavioral medicine · 2023Article
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- Characterizing the Gaps Between Best-Practice Implementation Strategies and Real-world Implementation: Qualitative Study Among Family Physicians Who Engaged With Audit and Feedback Reports.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
- 'Give me something meaningful': GPs perspectives on how to improve an audit and feedback report provided by health insurers - an exploratory qualitative study.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Integrating training, practice, and reflection within a new model for Canadian medical licensure: a concept paper prepared for the Medical Council of Canada.Canadian medical education journal · 2022Article
- A Realist Evaluation of a 72-Hour Readmission Audit and Feedback (A&F) Intervention in Emergency Medicine.Cureus · 2021Article
- Interactive and Participatory Audit and Feedback (IPAF): theory-based development and multi-site implementation outcomes with specialty clinic staff.Implementation science communications · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAudit and feedback interventions may be strengthened using social interaction. With this in mind, the Calgary office of the Alberta Physician Learning Program developed a process for audit and group feedback for physician groups. As a part of a larger project to develop a practical approach to the design and implementation of audit and group feedback projects, we explored patterns of physician behavior during facilitated audit and group feedback sessions.
methodsSix audit and group feedback sessions were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically to derive a conceptual model of physicians' behaviors during audit and group feedback sessions.
resultsA predictable cycle of behaviors emerged from audit and group feedback sessions. This cycle would repeat with discussion of each new data element: reacting to the data, questioning and understanding the data, justifying and contextualizing, sharing and reflecting on the data and relevant guidelines, and planning for change. "Change cues" that emerged within groups reliably pivoted the discussion towards action planning.
conclusionsIn audit and group feedback sessions, physicians display a predictable series of behaviors as they move towards commitment to change. Establishing the meaning and credibility of the data is a necessary precursor to reflection. Group reflection leads to "change cues" triggered by group members, which stimulate action planning.
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