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R Glazebrook

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PubMed2004

Evaluation of nine pilot obstetric ultrasound education workshops for Australian rural and remote doctors.

INTRODUCTION: This article describes the evaluation of nine pilot obstetric ultrasound education workshops for Australian rural and remote doctors developed in response to an educational needs assessment that showed a large unmet need in this area. METHOD: Data from pre- and post-knowledge tests were analysed in SPSS. Data from the follow-up sonographer assessment visits were analysed in an EXCEL spreadsheet. RESULTS: In all, 141 doctors attended one of the nine pilot obstetric ultrasound workshops and reported an increase in their confidence in obstetric ultrasound. The overall workshop pre- and post-knowledge test mean improved from a score of 13.9 to 15.5 (p = 0.001) and the RANZCOG pre- and post-knowledge test mean improved from 9.56 to 15.12 (p = <0.001). Data from the follow-up competency assessment visits showed doctors were competent in some areas but required further practice in others. CONCLUSION: An intensive educational intervention can successfully address the pre-determined needs of rural and remote doctors. However, this intervention should be followed by ongoing practice-based education and assessment.

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PubMed2001

Rural and remote Australian general practitioners' educational needs in radiology.

BACKGROUND: The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) was funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care to set up a quality assurance and continuing medical education program for rural and remote general practitioners in radiology to begin in January 2001. An extensive literature search failed to uncover any previous publications on the specific educational or quality assurance needs for rural general practitioners in radiology. Broader educational needs assessments of rural general practitioners in Australia had identified radiology as an important skill for which improvement was desired. METHOD: A national steering committee consisting of four rural general practitioners and three radiologists, with the assistance of a program manager, developed and piloted a self-administered postal questionnaire to determine the educational and quality assurance needs of rural and remote general practitioners. The questionnaire was sent to all rural and general practitioners holding a remote radiology exemption using the Health Insurance Commission database. RESULTS: A total of 287 completed questionnaires were returned from all states in the country, except the Australian Capital Territory. The information gave a comprehensive picture of the self-reported radiology education needs of these doctors, who practice in isolation from radiologists and other specialists. The three areas in which the general practitioners were least confident in radiology were chest, cervical spine, and skull radiology. Their highest priority areas of need for education were chest radiology, film interpretation, and spinal radiology. The top preferred quality assurance activity was image review with a radiologist, followed by clinical audit, image review by peers, and measuring practice against guidelines. FINDINGS: Local ownership of education is important to successful program development and evaluation. Information obtained from the educational needs assessment was used to develop the Radiology Quality Assurance and Continuing Medical Education Program for Rural and Remote General Practitioners.

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