Assessment of XXXX continuing medical education.

@entity1 @entity6 @entity16623 @entity497 @entity413
A @entity6 professional education program was conducted and evaluated with 31 physicians from a @entity497 . Treatment guidelines were established by @entity6 experts and community practitioners. To document effectiveness, medical record and survey data on 397 @entity1 of the physicians were collected before and after the program. Each @entity1 received a profile of their baseline performance as compared with peers as part of the educational program. A syllabus was designed to complement both the treatment guidelines and the findings from the baseline data. A telephone conference call with a @entity6 consultant also occurred. A comparison between data collected before and after the program showed no significant differences in blood @entity413 levels or hospitalization rates. Physicians were more likely to recommend self-monitoring of blood @entity413 (SMBG) (7% versus 20%, P less than 0.05) and to examine their @entity1 ' feet (47% versus 73%, P less than 0.05) after the program. More @entity1 education was available in the office (53% versus 73%). @entity1 using insulin were more likely to test urine for @entity16623 (48% versus 61%, P less than 0.05) and know that decreased sensation in the feet could lead to injury (42% versus 53%, P less than 0.05). However, no improvements were noted in monitoring other complications, regulating diet, or in most aspects of @entity1 education after the program. The results indicated the need for increased emphasis on the value of brief appropriate examinations for monitoring complications of @entity6 and the need for physicians to learn techniques for counseling @entity1 in self-management as well as to refer their @entity1 to educational resources.
