@article{ref1,
title="A Community-Based Trial of an Online Intimate Partner Violence CME Program",
journal="American journal of preventive medicine",
year="2006",
author="Short, Lynn M. and Surprenant, Zita J. and Harris, Jennifer M.",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="181-185",
abstract="BACKGROUND: There is a broad need to improve physician continuing medical education (CME) in the management of intimate partner violence (IPV). However, there are only a few examples of successful IPV CME programs, and none of these are suitable for widespread distribution. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial beginning in September 2003 and ending in November 2004. Data were analyzed in 2005. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Fifty-two primary care physicians in small (fewer than eight physicians), community-based medical offices in Arizona and Missouri. INTERVENTION: Twenty-three physicians completed a minimum of 4 hours of an asynchronous, multi-media, interactive, case-based, online CME program that provided them flexibility in constructing their educational experience ("constructivism"). Control physicians received no CME. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Scores on a standardized self-reported survey, composed of ten scales of IPV knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and self-reported behaviors (KABB) administered before randomization and repeated at 6 and 12 months following the CME program. RESULTS: Use of the online CME program was associated with a significant improvement in eight of ten KABB outcomes, including physician self-efficacy and reported IPV management practices, over the study period. These measures did not improve in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The Internet-based CME program was clearly effective in improving long-term individual educational outcomes, including self-reported IPV practices. This type of CME may be an effective and less costly alternative to live IPV training sessions and workshops.",
language="",
issn="0749-3797",
doi="10.1016/j.amepre.2005.10.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2005.10.012"
}