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The Exeter Diabetic Project: An Acceptable District‐wide Education Programme for General Practitioners
Author(s) -
Stead J. W.,
Dudbridge S. B.,
Hall M. S.,
Gray D. J. Pereira
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.1991.tb02126.x
Subject(s) - medicine , optometry , family medicine , general practice , diabetic retinopathy , unit (ring theory) , health education , general hospital , medical education , nursing , public health , diabetes mellitus , mathematics education , mathematics , endocrinology
The Health District is a logical administrative unit for planning health services, and therefore the feasibility of delivering education for general practitioners across one such area was studied. By providing a suitable educational programme at convenient locations, it was possible to involve 89% out of 180 principals in General Practice in the Exeter Health District. Two‐thirds of these general practitioners attended educational sessions away from the District Postgraduate Centre. In a questionnaire answered by 81% of the involved general practitioners, 98% acknowledged responsibility for managing their diabetic patients, but 76% admitted to inadequate skills in retinal assessment. In a follow‐up postal questionnaire answered by 64% of general practitioners involved in the project, 74% found that they learnt from the retinopathy screening clinic and 100% found the sessions on eye disease helpful. The education programme was designed to link with a District‐wide retinopathy screening initiative.