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Evaluations of Continuing Health Provider Education Focused on Opioid Prescribing: A Scoping Review. | LitMetric

Evaluations of Continuing Health Provider Education Focused on Opioid Prescribing: A Scoping Review.

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F. Salamanca-Buentello is a postdoctoral fellow, Bridgepoint Collaboratory for Research and Innovation, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-7785 .

Published: February 2022

AI Article Synopsis

  • * A systematic review of 39 reports on 32 HPE programs (mostly from the U.S. and Canada) revealed that while many measured changes in knowledge and confidence, there was a significant lack of data on actual patient or population-level outcomes.
  • * The findings suggest that, despite being endorsed as key interventions by health policymakers, existing evaluations of opioid-related HPE programs primarily focus on self-reported improvements rather than measurable impacts on patient health.

Article Abstract

Purpose: Continuing health provider education (HPE) is an important intervention supported by health policy to counter the opioid epidemic; knowledge regarding appropriate program design and evaluation is lacking. The authors aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of evaluations of opioid-related continuing HPE programs and their appropriateness as interventions to improve population health.

Method: In January 2020, the authors conducted a systematic search of 7 databases, seeking studies of HPE programs on opioid analgesic prescribing and overdose prevention. Reviewers independently screened the titles and abstracts of all studies and then assessed the full texts of all studies potentially eligible for inclusion. The authors extracted a range of data using categories for evaluating complex programs: the use of theory, program purpose, inputs, activities, outputs, outcomes, and industry involvement. Results were reported in a narrative synthesis.

Results: Thirty-nine reports on 32 distinct HPE programs met inclusion criteria. Of these 32, 31 (97%) were U.S./Canadian programs and 28 (88%) were reported after 2010. Measurements of changes in knowledge and confidence were common. Performance outcomes were less common and typically self-reported. Most studies (n = 27 [84%]) used concerns of opioid-related harms at the population health level to justify the educational intervention, but only 5 (16%) measured patient- or population-level outcomes directly related to the educational programs. Six programs (19%) had direct or indirect opioid manufacturer involvement.

Conclusions: Continuing HPE has been promoted as an important means of addressing population-level opioid-related harms by policymakers and educators, yet published evaluations of HPE programs focusing on opioid analgesics inadequately evaluate patient- or population-level outcomes. Instead, they primarily focus on self-reported performance outcomes. Conceptual models are needed to guide the development and evaluation of continuing HPE programs intended to have population health benefits.

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