| Using implementation intentions to teach practitioners: changing practice behaviors via continuing education. | |
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PMID: 18586991 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the effectiveness of implementation intentions on increasing the use of a practice behavior among mental health practitioners who attended a one-day continuing education class. METHODS: Seventy-eight practitioners were randomly assigned to one of two classes on psychiatric advance directives. One class incorporated instruction in implementation intentions (N=40) and the other class did not (N=38). Implementation intention training involved having the participants describe the best time and place to use a practitioner-guided procedure to assist consumers to complete a psychiatric advance directive. Use of the practitioner-guided procedure was the dependent variable in this study. Use of the procedure in practice was assessed three months after the class via an electronic self-report survey. RESULTS: There were no statistically significant differences between the two class conditions in participant characteristics or preclass or postclass knowledge of and intentions to use the procedure. Fifty-four participants (69%) responded to the three-month follow-up survey, indicating that they had used the practitioner-guided procedure. The results of the follow-up survey showed that overall those attending the class that incorporated implementation intentions used the practitioner-guided procedure significantly more often than those in the other class (80% versus 58%). The effect of implementation intentions on utilization of the practitioner-guided procedure was evident among practitioners whose postclass intentions were high but below the median for the overall sample (chi(2)=7.1, df=1, p<.01). Implementation rates among practitioners with the highest post-class intentions were equivalent in the two class conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Incorporating implementation intentions into continuing education classes can increase the use of practices taught in these classes among well-motivated practitioners. |
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Authors:
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Edward S Casper |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) Volume: 59 ISSN: 1075-2730 ISO Abbreviation: Psychiatr Serv Publication Date: 2008 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-06-30 Completed Date: 2008-11-18 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9502838 Medline TA: Psychiatr Serv Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 747-52 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychiatry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19124-2399, USA. ecasper@nyc.rr.com |
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Advance Directives Education, Continuing* Follow-Up Studies Guideline Adherence Health Personnel Humans Intention* Mental Health Services* Pennsylvania Physician's Practice Patterns* Practice Guidelines as Topic Psychological Theory Questionnaires |
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