Training for general practitioners in opioid prescribing for XXXX based on practice guidelines: a randomized pilot and feasibility trial.

@entity558 @entity1118 @entity458 @entity158
This study is a pilot and feasibility study that compares 2 training experiences to improve appropriate opioid prescribing for @entity1118 . Both training conditions included education in relation to opioid guidelines. Following education, 1 condition included training aimed at improving @entity458 and the other included training in practical knowledge and skills related to @entity158 management. Eighty-one general practitioners (GPs) took part in the study, each having been randomly assigned to 1 of the training conditions. It proved easy to recruit GPs to the training. Overall, GPs demonstrated increased knowledge of opioid prescribing for @entity1118 and decreases in concerns related to prescribing following training. However, there were no changes observed in reported prescribing practices or in secondary measures of well-being. There were also no significant differences between the training conditions, other than a greater increase in intention to use prescribing guidelines in the @entity558 . Feasibility and acceptability of the training methods were generally rated high. The @entity558 was rated higher than the comparison condition in terms of interest and satisfaction. Finally, processes of @entity458 before and after training significantly correlated with measures of GP well-being, providing partial support for the relevance of these processes as a focus in GP training. PERSPECTIVE: A training intervention for GPs including education on opioid guidelines for @entity1118 and @entity458 training increased knowledge of prescribing and reduced concerns but did not change prescribing behavior or well-being. The training was highly acceptable to GPs but may have been too short to produce other effects.
