Educating Generalist Physicians about Chronic Pain: Live Experts and Online Education Can Provide Durable Benefits
Pain MedicinePublished 6 February 2008
John Harris, Thomas E. Elliott, Bennet Davis, Charles Chabal, John V. Fulginiti, Perry G. Fine
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When used under similar conditions, national speakers and a publicly available online CME program were associated with improved pain management KAB in physicians and the benefits lasted for 3 months, supporting the continued use of these pain education strategies.
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When used under similar conditions, national speakers and a publicly available online CME program were associated with improved pain management KAB in physicians. The benefits lasted for 3 months. These findings support the continued use of these pain education strategies.
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