This study examined the effect of the Driving and @entity303 Toolkit on physician knowledge and confidence gained and the anticipated change in @entity1 assessment and evaluated the extent to which physicians found the material to be useful. Before receiving the driving toolkit, 301 randomly selected primary care physicians received a copy of the pretest questionnaire; 145 responded and met the eligibility criteria. This group was then sent the toolkit, a satisfaction a survey, and a posttest questionnaire. Physicians were faxed the questionnaires (with up to three reminders) and telephoned if necessary. Changes in pre- and posttest results were analyzed using the McNemar test and Wilcoxon signed rank test nonparametric procedures included in SPSS, Version 10.0, and paired-samples t test. Pre- and posttest data were available and could be matched for 86 physicians (59.3%) response. Knowledge and confidence increased significantly (P</=.05) for most of the toolkit content questions. There was also a clear intent on the part of study @entity1 to begin including additional pertinent questions in the @entity1 /caregivers interview when assessing a @entity1 's fitness to drive. On a scale from 1 (low) to 10 (high), overall satisfaction with the toolkit rated an average of 8.4. Use of the toolkit resulted in a clear improvement in physicians' reported knowledge of and confidence in dealing with @entity303 and driving. Future applications of similar innovative continuing education models can be used for other areas such as disclosure of @entity303 diagnosis, capacity assessments, or end-of life issues.

A continuing medical education initiative for canadian primary care physicians: the driving and XXXX toolkit: a pre- and postevaluation of knowledge, confidence gained, and satisfaction.

@entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['Dementia', 'dementia'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patient']
@entity303 :: (MESH:D003704,Disease) :: ['dementia']
