Table 30b
Non-clinically Related Continuing Medical Education Needs Expressed by Family Physicians, April 2006
| TOPICS | RESPONSES | LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL NEED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Moderate | Low | ||||
| Clinical practice guidelines | 699 | 49.6% | 38.2% | 12.2% | ||
| Clinical guidelines implementation | 700 | 46.4% | 40.0% | 13.6% | ||
| Evidence-based clinical decision making | 677 | 53.2% | 35.0% | 11.8% | ||
| Evaluate validity of practice guidelines | 675 | 37.5% | 39.7% | 22.8% | ||
| Ethical issues | 608 | 22.4% | 49.2% | 28.5% | ||
| Advance directives | 665 | 16.4% | 43.9% | 39.7% | ||
| Health promotion/community health/disease prevention | 652 | 34.8 | 46.6 | 18.6 | ||
| Alcohol/other substance abuse | 705 | 22.6% | 52.2% | 25.2% | ||
| Family violence/abuse | 709 | 16.5% | 52.8% | 30.7% | ||
| Health behavior change | 706 | 34.4% | 43.1% | 22.5% | ||
| Immunization update | 710 | 38.9% | 43.0% | 18.2% | ||
| Implementing preventive services and | ||||||
| screening protocols | 705 | 44.1% | 40.0% | 15.9% | ||
| Physical activity and exercise | 708 | 34.9% | 42.1% | 23.0% | ||
| Principles of population-based care | 708 | 13.6% | 48.3% | 38.1% | ||
| Safety: bikes, firearms, motor vehicles | 713 | 9.7% | 40.3% | 50.1% | ||
| Stress management | 709 | 26.5% | 50.1% | 23.4% | ||
| Tobacco use prevention/smoking cessation | 710 | 33.2% | 44.5% | 22.3% | ||
| Health information technology | 607 | 37.7% | 35.7% | 26.5% | ||
| Choosing practice management software | 707 | 28.1% | 28.4% | 43.4% | ||
| Effectively using practice management software | 711 | 33.3% | 29.4% | 37.3% | ||
| Implementing an electronic health record system | 710 | 37.9% | 24.9% | 37.2% | ||
| Using the internet in practice | 712 | 36.1% | 35.7% | 28.2% | ||
| Using clinical decision support software | 714 | 30.4% | 40.1% | 29.6% | ||
| Using PDAs in practice | 708 | 32.5% | 33.5% | 34.0% | ||
| International health | 628 | 9.6% | 44.3% | 46.2% | ||
| Global health issues | 705 | 13.8% | 39.4% | 46.8% | ||
| Training for humanitarian medical work | 710 | 11.8% | 32.4% | 55.8% | ||
| Travel medicine | 715 | 19.6% | 45.9% | 34.5% | ||
| Long term care | 670 | 21.0% | 48.8% | 30.1% | ||
| Caregiver issues | 707 | 19.4% | 49.1% | 31.5% | ||
| Nursing home issues | 696 | 23.9% | 42.8% | 33.3% | ||
| Management and leadership skills | 654 | 30.9% | 42.2% | 26.9% | ||
| Business management | 717 | 34.2% | 32.8% | 33.1% | ||
| Contract negotiations | 707 | 27.0% | 32.7% | 40.3% | ||
| Organizational change/strategic planning | 714 | 27.0% | 38.9% | 34.0% | ||
| Personnel management and team development | 713 | 27.2% | 41.1% | 31.7% | ||
| Physician compensation plans | 711 | 29.7% | 39.0% | 31.4% | ||
| Risk management | 713 | 33.4% | 42.5% | 24.1% | ||
| Staff compensation plans | 710 | 21.7% | 39.7% | 38.6% | ||
| Occupational/environmental health | 658 | 17.2% | 51.5% | 31.3% | ||
| Disability and impairment evaluation | 712 | 23.3% | 41.2% | 35.5% | ||
| Environmental hazards | 709 | 15.5% | 43.9% | 40.6% | ||
| OSHA compliance | 709 | 13.5% | 42.0% | 44.4% | ||
| Overuse/repetitive motion injury | 713 | 24.5% | 48.7% | 26.8% | ||
| Toxicology/toxic exposure | 708 | 16.8% | 49.0% | 34.2% | ||
| Palliative care | 577 | 27.7% | 53.0% | 19.2% | ||
| Appropriate pain management for long term care | 715 | 38.0% | 44.2% | 17.8% | ||
| Dying with dignity and compassion | 714 | 28.0% | 46.9% | 25.1% | ||
| Family and caregivers | 711 | 21.7% | 49.8% | 28.6% | ||
| Hospice care | 713 | 22.3% | 48.9% | 28.8% | ||
| Physician/patient communications | 660 | 23.5% | 52.9% | 23.6% | ||
| Family counseling | 708 | 19.1% | 47.5% | 33.5% | ||
| Health literacy | 704 | 15.2% | 46.4% | 38.4% | ||
| Patient self-management and support | 702 | 20.8% | 51.0% | 28.2% | ||
| Physician/patient conflict | 708 | 18.8% | 50.3% | 30.9% | ||
| Physician/payment shared decision making | 709 | 20.5% | 49.1% | 30.5% | ||
| Working with interpreters | 702 | 9.0% | 36.0% | 55.0% | ||
| Physician payment | 660 | 37.0% | 35.3% | 27.7% | ||
| Billing and collections | 713 | 37.2% | 31.1% | 31.7% | ||
| Cash only practice | 712 | 26.8% | 27.4% | 45.8% | ||
| Coding and documentation | 712 | 50.8% | 30.6% | 18.5% | ||
| Contract negotiation and the contracting process | 708 | 31.2% | 33.9% | 34.9% | ||
| Pay-for-performance initiatives | 718 | 36.6% | 39.4% | 24.0% | ||
| Surcharge for non-covered services | 704 | 36.5% | 36.9% | 26.6% | ||
| Practice-based research | 642 | 18.2% | 39.7% | 42.1% | ||
| Quality improvement | 607 | 31.5% | 49.4% | 19.1% | ||
| Chronic care modelsc c | 710 | 26.8% | 47.7% | 25.5% | ||
| Evidence-based care/decision support | 714 | 35.6% | 45.2% | 19.2% | ||
| Evidence-based performance measurement | 717 | 31.9% | 47.0% | 21.1% | ||
| Office efficiency/practice design | 716 | 36.5% | 42.3% | 21.2% | ||
| Organizational team development | 698 | 16.6% | 46.8% | 36.5% | ||
| Patient safety | 696 | 22.1% | 48.6% | 29.3% | ||
| uality improvement project implementation | 696 | 22.4% | 46.7% | 30.9% | ||
| Reducing errors | 697 | 38.7% | 44.9% | 16.4% | ||
| Using performance measures | 696 | 31.2% | 49.1% | 19.7% | ||
| TOPICS | RESPONSES | LEVEL OF EDUCATIONAL NEED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Moderate | Low | ||||
| Clinical practice guidelines | 699 | 49.6% | 38.2% | 12.2% | ||
| Clinical guidelines implementation | 700 | 46.4% | 40.0% | 13.6% | ||
| Evidence-based clinical decision making | 677 | 53.2% | 35.0% | 11.8% | ||
| Evaluate validity of practice guidelines | 675 | 37.5% | 39.7% | 22.8% | ||
| Ethical issues | 608 | 22.4% | 49.2% | 28.5% | ||
| Advance directives | 665 | 16.4% | 43.9% | 39.7% | ||
| Health promotion/community health/disease prevention | 652 | 34.8 | 46.6 | 18.6 | ||
| Alcohol/other substance abuse | 705 | 22.6% | 52.2% | 25.2% | ||
| Family violence/abuse | 709 | 16.5% | 52.8% | 30.7% | ||
| Health behavior change | 706 | 34.4% | 43.1% | 22.5% | ||
| Immunization update | 710 | 38.9% | 43.0% | 18.2% | ||
| Implementing preventive services and | ||||||
| screening protocols | 705 | 44.1% | 40.0% | 15.9% | ||
| Physical activity and exercise | 708 | 34.9% | 42.1% | 23.0% | ||
| Principles of population-based care | 708 | 13.6% | 48.3% | 38.1% | ||
| Safety: bikes, firearms, motor vehicles | 713 | 9.7% | 40.3% | 50.1% | ||
| Stress management | 709 | 26.5% | 50.1% | 23.4% | ||
| Tobacco use prevention/smoking cessation | 710 | 33.2% | 44.5% | 22.3% | ||
| Health information technology | 607 | 37.7% | 35.7% | 26.5% | ||
| Choosing practice management software | 707 | 28.1% | 28.4% | 43.4% | ||
| Effectively using practice management software | 711 | 33.3% | 29.4% | 37.3% | ||
| Implementing an electronic health record system | 710 | 37.9% | 24.9% | 37.2% | ||
| Using the internet in practice | 712 | 36.1% | 35.7% | 28.2% | ||
| Using clinical decision support software | 714 | 30.4% | 40.1% | 29.6% | ||
| Using PDAs in practice | 708 | 32.5% | 33.5% | 34.0% | ||
| International health | 628 | 9.6% | 44.3% | 46.2% | ||
| Global health issues | 705 | 13.8% | 39.4% | 46.8% | ||
| Training for humanitarian medical work | 710 | 11.8% | 32.4% | 55.8% | ||
| Travel medicine | 715 | 19.6% | 45.9% | 34.5% | ||
| Long term care | 670 | 21.0% | 48.8% | 30.1% | ||
| Caregiver issues | 707 | 19.4% | 49.1% | 31.5% | ||
| Nursing home issues | 696 | 23.9% | 42.8% | 33.3% | ||
| Management and leadership skills | 654 | 30.9% | 42.2% | 26.9% | ||
| Business management | 717 | 34.2% | 32.8% | 33.1% | ||
| Contract negotiations | 707 | 27.0% | 32.7% | 40.3% | ||
| Organizational change/strategic planning | 714 | 27.0% | 38.9% | 34.0% | ||
| Personnel management and team development | 713 | 27.2% | 41.1% | 31.7% | ||
| Physician compensation plans | 711 | 29.7% | 39.0% | 31.4% | ||
| Risk management | 713 | 33.4% | 42.5% | 24.1% | ||
| Staff compensation plans | 710 | 21.7% | 39.7% | 38.6% | ||
| Occupational/environmental health | 658 | 17.2% | 51.5% | 31.3% | ||
| Disability and impairment evaluation | 712 | 23.3% | 41.2% | 35.5% | ||
| Environmental hazards | 709 | 15.5% | 43.9% | 40.6% | ||
| OSHA compliance | 709 | 13.5% | 42.0% | 44.4% | ||
| Overuse/repetitive motion injury | 713 | 24.5% | 48.7% | 26.8% | ||
| Toxicology/toxic exposure | 708 | 16.8% | 49.0% | 34.2% | ||
| Palliative care | 577 | 27.7% | 53.0% | 19.2% | ||
| Appropriate pain management for long term care | 715 | 38.0% | 44.2% | 17.8% | ||
| Dying with dignity and compassion | 714 | 28.0% | 46.9% | 25.1% | ||
| Family and caregivers | 711 | 21.7% | 49.8% | 28.6% | ||
| Hospice care | 713 | 22.3% | 48.9% | 28.8% | ||
| Physician/patient communications | 660 | 23.5% | 52.9% | 23.6% | ||
| Family counseling | 708 | 19.1% | 47.5% | 33.5% | ||
| Health literacy | 704 | 15.2% | 46.4% | 38.4% | ||
| Patient self-management and support | 702 | 20.8% | 51.0% | 28.2% | ||
| Physician/patient conflict | 708 | 18.8% | 50.3% | 30.9% | ||
| Physician/payment shared decision making | 709 | 20.5% | 49.1% | 30.5% | ||
| Working with interpreters | 702 | 9.0% | 36.0% | 55.0% | ||
| Physician payment | 660 | 37.0% | 35.3% | 27.7% | ||
| Billing and collections | 713 | 37.2% | 31.1% | 31.7% | ||
| Cash only practice | 712 | 26.8% | 27.4% | 45.8% | ||
| Coding and documentation | 712 | 50.8% | 30.6% | 18.5% | ||
| Contract negotiation and the contracting process | 708 | 31.2% | 33.9% | 34.9% | ||
| Pay-for-performance initiatives | 718 | 36.6% | 39.4% | 24.0% | ||
| Surcharge for non-covered services | 704 | 36.5% | 36.9% | 26.6% | ||
| Practice-based research | 642 | 18.2% | 39.7% | 42.1% | ||
| Quality improvement | 607 | 31.5% | 49.4% | 19.1% | ||
| Chronic care modelsc c | 710 | 26.8% | 47.7% | 25.5% | ||
| Evidence-based care/decision support | 714 | 35.6% | 45.2% | 19.2% | ||
| Evidence-based performance measurement | 717 | 31.9% | 47.0% | 21.1% | ||
| Office efficiency/practice design | 716 | 36.5% | 42.3% | 21.2% | ||
| Organizational team development | 698 | 16.6% | 46.8% | 36.5% | ||
| Patient safety | 696 | 22.1% | 48.6% | 29.3% | ||
| uality improvement project implementation | 696 | 22.4% | 46.7% | 30.9% | ||
| Reducing errors | 697 | 38.7% | 44.9% | 16.4% | ||
| Using performance measures | 696 | 31.2% | 49.1% | 19.7% | ||
