Characteristic | Frequency (%) |
---|---|
Study design | |
Randomised control trials | 7 (15) |
Quasi-experimental | |
Pre-test–post-test with control group | 6 (13) |
Pre-test–post-test without control group | 26 (57) |
Cross-sectional | 7 (15) |
Methodological approach | |
Qualitative | 5 (10) |
Quantitative | 32 (70) |
Qualitative and quantitative | 9 (20) |
Data collection method | |
Questionnaires/surveys only | 32 (70) |
Observations only | 2 (4) |
Focus group discussions only | 2 (4) |
Questionnaires/survey with other methods (eg, interviews, observations) | 10 (22) |
Format of intervention | |
Training programmes | 12 (26) |
Workshops | 9 (20) |
Required courses | 7 (15) |
Technology based (computer based, internet based) | 11 (24) |
Ambulatory clinical rotations | 2 (4) |
Seminars | 1 (2) |
Continuing medical education programmes | 4 (9) |
Healthcare professionals (n=22, 48%) | |
Doctors (GPs/primary care) | 8 (36) |
Nurses | 5 (23) |
Multidisciplinary participants (eg, nurses, doctors, pharmacists) | 9 (41) |
Students (n=24, 52%) | |
Undergraduate, preclinical | 14 (58) |
Undergraduate, clinical | 5 (21) |
Postgraduate | 5 (21) |
GPs, general practitioners.