Development of a food allergy education resource for primary care physicians

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Educational preferences indicated by needs assessment survey

Education Preferences	# of Respondents	% of Respondents
Topic needing more information
Referral guidelines	48	59
Diagnosis	43	52
Providing emergency food allergy action plan	43	52
Educating patients on food allergen avoidance	43	52
Use and indications of self-injectable epinephrine	40	49
Office management of anaphylaxis	33	40
Learning style preferences
Smaller on-site training session	43	52
Printed materials	31	38
Review article in major journal every 2 years	28	34
Self-paced online training modules	22	27
Sessions at large annual professional conference	14	17
Self-paced CD computer training modules	9	11
Self-paced printed training modules	6	7
Other	0	0

Respondents indicated one or more of the listed topics on food allergy as requiring more information and the preferred learning modalities (n = 82).

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