| Document ID (ISN) | 109571 |
| CIS number |
09-581 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Kok R., Hoving J.L., Verbeek J.H., Schaafsma F.G., Smits P.B.A., van Dijk F.J.H. |
| Title |
Evaluation of a workshop on evidence-based medicine for social insurance physicians |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2008, Vol.58, No.2, p.83-87. 19 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/58/2/83 [in English]
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| Abstract |
This study evaluates a workshop on evidence-based medicine (EBM) for Dutch social insurance physicians who perform disability evaluations. Sixty-six social insurance physicians followed a one-day introductory workshop that focused on teaching two EBM core skills: to ask answerable questions and to search for the best evidence. Outcomes consisting of knowledge, skills, attitude and intention to apply EBM in practice were measured before, immediately after and three months after the workshop by means of self-assessment. The workshop improved self-assessed EBM skills and self-efficacy both in the short and long term. The EBM approach can therefore be successfully taught to social insurance physicians working in the field of disability evaluation. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Netherlands; occupational diseases; diagnosis; assessment of physical capacity; occupational medicine; industrial physicians; workmen's compensation |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
refresher training; description of technique; programme evaluation; reliability |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland; Netherlands |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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| Browse category(ies) |
Workers' compensation
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