Perceptions of medical advisers on ICF core-sets' use for evaluating work incapacity related to back pain in French-speaking Belgium.

Background: There is willingness in Europe to implement the use of a biopsychosocial model such as the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) for assessing work incapacity.

Objective: A preliminary study was conducted to investigate the perceptions of medical advisers on the value of structuring clients' biopsychosocial information in an ICF-based report.

Method: A sample (n = 101) received a perception questionnaire after watching two comparative videos based on a clinical case.

Short- and Long-Term Evaluation of General Practitioners' Competences After a Training in Melanoma Diagnosis: Refresher Training Sessions May Be Needed.

General practitioners (GPs) are first-line clinicians in melanoma diagnosis. It is, therefore, important to ensure that they maintain their melanoma diagnostic accuracy over time. The objective of this study was to assess the short- and long-term competences of GPs after a training session in naked-eye melanoma diagnosis.

Melanoma Diagnostic Practices of French-Speaking Belgian General Practitioners and the Prospective Study of Their Pigmented Skin Lesion Diagnostic Accuracy and Management.

General practitioners (GPs) are among the main actors involved in early melanoma diagnosis. However, melanoma diagnostic accuracy and management are reported to be insufficient among GPs in Europe. The primary aim of this observational prospective study was to shed light on melanoma diagnostic practices among French-speaking Belgian GPs.

In Brief: Validity of Case Summaries in Written Examinations of Clinical Reasoning.

Unlabelled: Construct: The purpose of this study was to provide initial evidence of the validity of written case summaries as assessments of clinical problem representation in a classroom setting.

Background: To solve clinical problems, clinicians must gain a clear representation of the issues. In the clinical setting, oral case presentations-or summaries-are used to assess learners' ability to gather, synthesize, and "translate" pertinent case information.

[Walk in clinics and out-of-hours care: 10 years later].

The provision of care in general practice has changed significantly over recent years due to changes in the lifestyles of both doctors and patients. Moreover, the "inappropriate" use of emergency services is a critical issue which requires urgent attention. We conducted a review of both the Belgian and international literature to examine how frontline care has adapted and what issues these developments raise.

The perception of the clinical relevance of the MDS-Home Care(C) tool by trainers in general practice in Belgium.

Background: comprehensive geriatric assessment has been advocated as an effective way to first identify multidimensional needs and second to establish priorities for organizing an individual health care plan for community-dwelling elderly. This paper reports on the perception of an internationally evaluated assessment system for use in community care programmes, the Minimal Data Set-Home Care (MDS-HC), by a group of experienced GP trainers.

Objective: the primary study aim was to determine the perception of a standardized home care assessment system (MDS-HC) by GP trainers in terms of acceptability, perceived clinical relevance, care planning empowerment and valorization of the GP.

A novel assessment of an evidence-based practice course using an authentic assignment.

Background: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is now a component of most medical curricula. Summative assessment instruments are often of debatable quality, do not cover the full spectrum of EBP or lack authenticity.

Aim: To develop and evaluate the quality of an authentic assessment instrument for use in summative assessment of general practice trainees.

[Medical certificates: law, deontology and practice].

At the start of the 21st century, in a society that gives the impression of switching century every five years because of its never-ending evolution, the general practitioner is confronted every day to more complex situations, including problems encountered at the legal level. These last few years, the legal interrogations relevant to medicine and its progress became considerably more extensive in Belgium, as in many other countries. The medical law and its regulation are the subject of many front titles in the press and of animated political debates.