Table 1 Study design
From: Learning based on patient case reviews: an interview study
The CAP-study |
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467 family physicians in the county of Aarhus completed 2,212 questionnaires in which they performed a systematic review of all newly diagnosed patients with cancer encountered in their practices during a one year period (2004–2005) |
The main themes of the CAP questionnaire: |
A description of the symptoms presented by the patients |
Dates when patients first presented their symptoms to the family physician |
Dates and descriptions of further investigations and treatments initiated |
Responsibility for possible diagnostic delay in the health care system |
A description of the family physicians' prior knowledge of the patient (care-seeking behaviour, mental health, risk factors) |
Study presented |
In order to study the learning potentials of reviewing patient cases thirteen family physicians from the CAP-study were interviewed on their perceptions of the learning processes initiated by reviewing patient cases, and their evaluations of using patient case reviews as a learning method in family practice |