None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
General practitioners (GPs) were randomised into four groups. Each viewed a video monologue of an actor-patient as he might present to his GP following a hospital admission with ten problems. GPs were provided with a medical record as well as a long or short discharge letter, which was available at time of viewing the video or one week later. GPs indicated if they would prescribe, refer, or order tests for the patient’s problems.A short or long hospital discharge summary enumerating the patient’s problems. Intervention: Discharge summary available at time of consultation or a week later. To determine the relationship between the timing and length of hospital discharge letters and the identification of ongoing patient problems by GPs Number of ongoing patient problems identified for management by the GPs.
Interventions
All GPs commenced the study by viewing a five-minute video-recording of a monologue by an actor-patient as he might present to a GP after leaving the hospital. This was viewed online at the GPs’ own location. The actor described his ideas, concerns, and expectations about his current health. The issues described were drawn from the cases of several anonymous patients who were under the recent care of a general surgeon. The video was supplemented with case notes of medical, family, and drug histo
All GPs commenced the study by viewing a five-minute video-recording of a monologue by an actor-patient as he might present to a GP after leaving the hospital. This was viewed online at the GPs’ own location. The actor described his ideas, concerns, and expectations about his current health. The issues described were drawn from the cases of several anonymous patients who were under the recent care of a general surgeon. The video was supplemented with case notes of medical, family, and drug history, which were provided to all GPs at the time of viewing the video. To optimise face validity, the monologue and case notes were reviewed by researcher-clinicians, including a surgeon, two GPs, and a pharmacist. GPs assigned to groups A and C received a discharge letter at the time of viewing the video, while groups B and D received this letter one week later.
Sponsors
curtin University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
General practitioners or registrars working in Australia
Exclusion criteria
Non-general practitioners
Outcome results
None listed