background: continuing medical education (cme) of general practitioners (gps) regarding most of the diseases, especially psychiatric disorders, is implementing worldwide to maintain and develop their knowledge, skills, and professional performance. we investigated the effects of cme on gps knowledge in the field of psychiatric disorders in dezful university of medical sciences (dums) as a newly...

conclusions the levels of knowledge and skill among iranian physicians on major topics of sports and exercise medicine are low to medium. gps and interns are the first line of patient management so our findings suggest adding some sports medicine related topics into curriculum of medical doctors. materials and methods a cross-sectional study was performed in 2009 to determine the knowledge rega...

background & purpose: the purpose of this research was to evaluate the quantity and quality of continuing medical education programs from the viewpoint of general medical practitioners in ilam province. methods: the research method was descriptive survey and the statistic sample was a group of 61 general medical practitioners who have been working in ilam during 2010-2011 and were chosen by sim...

Background & Aims: Excessive stress in addition to causing physical and psychological problems in General Practitioners (GPs), can lead to decreased quality of patient care. This research aimed to find the frequency of burnout in general practitioners of Kerman city. Methods: This descriptive analytic study was carried out on 150 GPS in Kerman city in 2009. Data gathering was done by Maslach qu...

Aim: To appraise general practitioners in the management of acute watery diarrhea for children under 5 years of age and to identify various factors contributing in the gaps of current practices of general practitioners for the case management of diarrhea. Study design: Cross-sectional analytical study Setting: Lahore city Study population: The study population comprised the General Practitioner...

BACKGROUND Research in General Practice requires the participation of General practitioners (GPs). In Germany there is little tradition of research in this field, and GPs are not used to be participants in research. Little is known about German GPs attitudes towards research. Therefore the aim of our study was to assess the willingness of German General Practitioners to participate in primary c...

BACKGROUND General practitioners (GPs) often decide to refer patients for medical imaging with ionizing radiation and are therefore responsible for assessing the benefits of the procedure against the possible risks. OBJECTIVE To assess the level of general practitioners' knowledge concerning radiation doses for patients undergoing common radiological investigations and the associated risks of...

INTRODUCTION The main objective for this study was to investigate the quality of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) treatment and control by the private sector in Namibia. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study employing quantitative methodology using different methods of data collection. A self-administered questionnaire exploring General Practitioners (GPs) perceptions of factors that i...

OBJECTIVES To study and report the attitudes of patients and general practitioners (GPs) concerning the obligation of doctors to act for the good of their patients, and to provide a practical account of beneficence in general practice. DESIGN Semi-structured interviews administered to GPs and patients. SETTING AND SAMPLE Participants randomly recruited from an age and gender stratified list...