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      Promoting a biopsychosocial orientation in family practice: effect of two teaching programs on the knowledge and attitudes of practising primary care physicians.

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      Burnout, Professional, psychology, Clinical Competence, Education, Medical, Continuing, methods, Family Practice, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Israel, Patient Care, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, Family, Problem-Based Learning, Program Evaluation, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Stress, Psychological

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          The bio-psychosocial (BPS) approach to patient care has gained acceptance in medical education. However, reported teaching programs rarely describe the efficacy of alternative approaches to continuing medical education aimed at promoting a BPS approach. The objective was to describe and evaluate the effect of two teaching programs on learners' BPS knowledge, management intentions, patient-centered attitudes, professional self-esteem, burnout, work related strain and mental workload. The learners were Israeli general practitioners. The first ("didactic") program consisted of problem-based reading assignments, lectures and discussions. The second ("interactive") program consisted of reading assignments, lectures and discussions, in addition to role-playing exercises, Balint groups and one-to-one counseling by a facilitator. One month before and six months after the teaching interventions, we used structured questionnaires to test for knowledge, management intentions (responses to questions, such as "what would you tell a patient with ...") and attitudes. Both programs led to measurable improvement in knowledge, intentions, patient-centered attitudes and self-esteem. The interactive teaching approach improved significantly more the learners' professional self-esteem and intentions than the didactic approach. Self-reported burnout significantly increased after the program. It is concluded that teaching intervention enhanced a BPS orientation and led to changes in knowledge, intentions, self-esteem and attitudes. An interactive method of instruction was more effective in achieving some of these objectives than a didactic one. The observed increase in burnout was unexpected and requires further study and confirmation.

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