abstract background: improving the utilization rate of antenatal care is a critical strategy for achieving the reproductive health goals in iran. the aim of this study was to assess the utilization rate of antenatal care (anc) by women after health sector reform (hsr) interventions in rural areas of islamic republic of iran (ir iran). materials and methods: this is a retrospective cross-section...

The purpose of this study was to describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of an educational program in family medicine for general practitioners in Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2011. A continuing medical education program called Family Medicine Education (FAME) was developed with 7 modules each consisting of 12-14 hours of teaching to be delivered in 3 day blocks, over 45 days. Twe...

OBJECTIVE Determining the effect of implementing a culturally-based educational program for caregivers working with the elderly in conditions of disability and poverty in a sector of Bogota, Colombia; perceived health, family functioning, caregiver burden and depression were the variables of interest. METHODS This was a quasi-experimental study, involving using pre-test and post-test;56 famil...

BACKGROUND This study prospectively identifies those characteristics of office patients with diabetes that predict subsequent improvement in glycemic control in response to an educational intervention. METHODS Data on demographic factors, disease characteristics, and glycemic control were obtained on a consecutive series of patients referred by their primary physician to a 4-day outpatient di...

OBJECTIVE To determine the nature of inaccuracies likely to occur when standardized patients (SPs) are used to measure physician behaviour and to evaluate the potential impact of these inaccuracies on estimates of physician performance. DESIGN Secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial. SETTING Family physicians' offices. STUDY PARTICIPANTS Eighteen individuals, each portraying...

This article deals with the educational and managerial actions of nurses in the Family Health Program (FHP). It traces the reality of the FHP within the institutional setting of the city of Natal/RN, raises some questions and analyzes the educational action of the program in the daily routine of the Health Units in the light of the literature. Its objective is to contribute to the reflection ab...

BACKGROUND A program has been developed to sensitize physicians to the discomforts, uncertainties, and anxieties experienced by patients on admission to the hospital, so that greater empathy and increased communication can be fostered with their own hospitalized patients. METHODS For the last 5 years, all incoming family medicine residents at Long Beach, California, Memorial Medical Center ha...

Didactic approaches to educating physicians and/or other health professionals do not produce changes in learner behaviour. Similarly, printed materials and practice guidelines have not been shown to change prescribing behaviour. Evidence-based educational approaches that do have an impact on provider behaviour include: teaching aimed at identified learning needs; interactive educational activit...

During the past decade, many rural jurisdictions in Canada have witnessed precipitous closures of maternity services. Although reasons for closures are often location-specific, they tend to be related to human resource challenges involving nurses, general practitioner surgeons, family physicians and specialists; lack of access to specialized services (e.g., limited access to epidural anesthesia...