Procedural skills workshops for primary care physicians in Israel: a comprehensive analysis

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Participation and usage of different skills learned by primary care physicians during 2017–2021

Course	Year	Number of new participants	Overall, PCPs who learned the skill	Number of PCPs who used the learned skill	Average number of procedures performed by PCPs who used the skill at least once
Dry needling	2017	41	41	22	43
	2018	25	66	39	45.9
	2019	94	160	83	59.1
	2020	30	190	93	51.4
	2021	27	217	95	55.5
Soft tissue and joint injections	2017	34	34	16	16.5
	2018	76	110	18	15.9
	2019	16	126	26	15.7
	2020	18	144	24	17.3
	2021	26	170	23	18.8
Vertigo maneuvers	2017	52	52	27	5.8
	2018	98	150	63	6.7
	2019	49	199	83	8.9
	2020	68	267	92	8.8
	2021	18	285	109	7.5
Minor surgical procedures	2017	51	51	23	18.4
	2018	131	182	52	14.1
	2019	85	267	88	13.6
	2020	64	331	107	13
	2021	42	373	102	14.7
Spirometry	2017	19	19	1	1
	2018	20	39	7	8
	2019	50	89	18	9.3
	2020	23	112	24	6.8
	2021	0	112	16	7.4

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