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Ontario Printed Educational Materials (PEMs) for Physician Behaviour Change

5,000 participantsStarted 2005-07

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether printed educational materials can change physician behaviour towards more evidence based decision-making.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Family physicians or general practitioners in Ontario with \>100 patients over 65 years of age in fee for service practice with \>$50,000 billings to Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) in 2003 Exclusion Criteria: * Physicians who have elected not to receive "informed". "informed" is a quarterly newsletter on evidence based practice produced by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and is the vehicle for delivery of the printed educational messages.

What they're measuring

Change in Behavioral intention related to referring patient for retinopathy screening

Timeframe: Two months and six months post intervention

Trial details

NCT IDNCT00210275

SponsorInstitute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2015-07

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