%0 Journal Article %T Occupational physicians’ perceived value of evidence-based medicine intervention in enhancing their professional performance %A Hugenholtz, Nathalie IR %A Schaafsma, Frederieke G. %A Schreinemakers, Jos F. %A van Dijk, Frank JH %A Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 2008 %8 June 34 %N 3 %@ 0355-3140 %F Hugenholtz2008 %X '

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OBJECTIVES ': 'This study evaluated how physicians in a nonclinical setting perceive the value of an intervention with multifaceted evidence-based medicine with regard to enhancing their professional performance.

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METHODS ': 'A qualitative study was conducted using focus groups and face-to-face interviews with 14 of the 48 Dutch occupational physicians who participated in the intervention. The intervention combined a didactic course in evidence-based medicine with recurrent case-method learning sessions. During the sessions, the participants were challenged to discuss their cases and to give one another feedback on how to find information on cases.

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RESULTS ': 'Five main themes and four subthemes were identified: professional behavior and quality of care (subtheme: transparency): occupational physicians associated being up-to-date with quality of care, and evidence-based medicine was associated with improvements in professional standards; critical attitude and improved recommendations: occupational physicians asked themselves more-profound questions and searched more for information; sharing knowledge: the peer-group sessions facilitated the sharing of knowledge; communication (subthemes: colleagues, clients and other specialists): the more soundly based recommendations enhanced self-confidence positively and therefore altered interaction with medical specialists in particular; and satisfaction and barriers: the occupational physicians were especially content with the structured discussion in the peer-group sessions. However, the intervention was very time consuming.

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CONCLUSIONS ': 'The participants regarded the intervention as a useful method for enhancing their professional performance. They stated that they became more up-to-date and more self-confident by searching for and sharing knowledge. These actions resulted in more scientifically based recommendations and improved interaction with clients and other specialists. However, time constraints remain an important barrier.

%K intervention %K evidence-based intervention %K evidence-based medicine %K interview %K occupational health %K occupational physician %K perceived value %K professional performance %K professionalism %R 10.5271/sjweh.1241 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=1241 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.1241 %P 189-197