ArticleAdvances in medical education and practice2019
Academic detailing as a method of continuing medical education.
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- Psychosocial interventions for reducing antipsychotic medication in care home residents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Academic Detailing Compared with Group Meetings to Change Drug Prescribing for Type 2 Diabetes-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Trial
- Self-perceived learning outcomes of academic detailing discussing rational therapy with proton pump inhibitors among general practitioners in Norway.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Novel approaches to empowering health workforce: a scoping review.Human resources for health · 2026Article
- Prescription Support Practice for Pharmacy Students: Pre-Post Educational Intervention Study.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Generating and translating evidence for safe and effective medication management in aged care homes.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Review
- 'Overhaul Medicare and perhaps train us better': a qualitative study of primary care general practitioners' perspectives on how to implement the low back pain clinical care standards.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Education for Healthcare Providers: Impact of Academic Detailing on Reducing Misinformation and Strengthening Influenza Vaccine Recommendations.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Evaluating academic detailing as an antibiotic stewardship intervention in primary healthcare settings in Croatia.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Dementia Rehabilitation Training for General Practitioners and Practice Nurses: Does It Make a Difference?Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Exploring virtual delivery of academic detailing to general practitioners compared with in-person delivery: a qualitative study.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- Perspectives of primary care physicians on academic detailing for antimicrobial stewardship: feasibility and impact assessment.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Article
- A realist synthesis of educational outreach visiting and integrated academic detailing to influence prescribing in ambulatory care: why relationships and dialogue matter.BMJ quality & safety · 2023Article
- Academic detailing as a method to improve general practitioners' drug prescribing in type 2 diabetes: evaluation of changes in prescribing.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2023Article
- Can academic detailing reduce opioid prescriptions in chronic non-cancer pain?BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Professional medical education approaches: mobilizing evidence for clinicians.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- Cohort Description: Preventing an Opioid Epidemic in Norway - Focusing on Treatment of Chronic Pain (POINT) - A National Registry-Based Study.Clinical epidemiology · 2022Article
- Predictors of the Use of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Post-ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Article
- Academic Detailing is a Preferred Knowledge Update Tool Among Norwegian Pharmacists to Improve Antibiotic Counseling: Results From a Quantitative Study Employing the Provider Satisfaction With Academic Detailing (PSAD) and the Detailer Assessment of Visit Effectiveness (DAVE) Tools.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionAcademic detailing is an interactive educational outreach to prescribers to present unbiased, non-commercial, evidence-based information, mostly about medications, with the goal of improving patient care. Academic detailing in Norway is an approach for providing continuing medical education to general practitioners (GPs). The basis of academic detailing is a one-to-one discussion between a trained health professional (the academic detailer) and the GP at the GP's workplace.
methodOur first campaign was named "Better use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
resultsMore than 90% the participating GPs considered academic detailing a suitable method for providing up-to-date evidence-based, manufacturer-independent information, and nearly all would most likely or probably welcome another visit. After the intervention there was a reduction of diclofenac prescribing of 16% and 18%, respectively, in the two cities.
conclusionWe consider that academic detailing is a suitable method to bring the best available evidence to the point at which care is delivered, to achieve the best for the patients. According to the Norwegian GPs' evaluation, it is a key supplement to other methods of continuing medical education. To have maximum impact, it is important that academic detailing is practiced according to the consensus that has evolved in the USA and Australia.
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