[Development and implementation of the dementia guideline of the German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine].

The evidence-based guidelines of the German Society of General Practice and Family Medicine (DEGAM) are developed according to an established ten-stage plan. The twelfth guideline addresses the health care problem of dementia. The main focus is the sensitive handling of patients and their relatives, e.

Knowledge transfer for the management of dementia: a cluster randomised trial of blended learning in general practice.

Background: The implementation of new medical knowledge into general practice is a complex process. Blended learning may offer an effective and efficient educational intervention to reduce the knowledge-to-practice gap. The aim of this study was to compare knowledge acquisition about dementia management between a blended learning approach using online modules in addition to quality circles (QCs) and QCs alone.

General Practitioners' preferences and use of educational media: a German perspective.

Background: Several studies suggest that General Practitioners (GPs) prefer "traditional" media such as journals or quality circles when they are seeking out different options to meet their continuing medical education (CME) requirements. A survey was designed in order to gain a better understanding of German General Practitioners' preferences for different forms of educational media that will meet their CME needs.

Methods: Four hundred and forty nine (N = 449) German physicians were contacted to take part in this study on the occasion of one of their quality circle meetings.

[Primary care physicians, internet and educational media. Preferences, usages and appraisal in a 6-year comparison].

Background And Purpose: Several studies suggest that primary care physicians prefer "traditional" media like journals or quality circles for their postgraduate medical education. This survey was designed to gain a better understanding of primary care physicians' learning media preferences. The actual results were compared with data from a survey with the same physicians conducted in 2001 to identify a change in their preferred learning media.

Knowledge translation on dementia: a cluster randomized trial to compare a blended learning approach with a "classical" advanced training in GP quality circles.

Background: Thus far important findings regarding the dementia syndrome have been implemented into patients' medical care only inadequately. A professional training accounting for both, general practitioners' (GP) needs and learning preferences as well as care-relevant aspects could be a major step towards improving medical care. In the WIDA-study, entitled "Knowledge translation on dementia in general practice" two different training concepts are developed, implemented and evaluated.