Decreased antimicrobial prescribing rate following academic detailing of resident physicians in outpatient clinic

Among 37 internal-medicine resident physicians assigned to our outpatient clinic at Minneapolis Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System (MVAHCS) on July 1, 2017, we designed a pre- and postintervention observational study. Our results show that in-person academic detailing around outpatient antimicrobi...

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Published in:Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Main Authors: Shannon L. Andrews, Amy A. Gravely, Amanda Beaudoin, Meghan K. Rothenberger, Dimitri M. Drekonja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X22002595/type/journal_article
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Summary:Among 37 internal-medicine resident physicians assigned to our outpatient clinic at Minneapolis Veterans’ Affairs Health Care System (MVAHCS) on July 1, 2017, we designed a pre- and postintervention observational study. Our results show that in-person academic detailing around outpatient antimicrobial selection was associated with a decrease in outpatient antimicrobial prescriptions in a group of high-prescribing resident physicians.
ISSN:2732-494X

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