Continuing education meetings and workshops: effects on professional practice and healthcare outcomes

L Forsetlund, MA O'Brien, L Forsen… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Educational meetings are used widely by health personnel to provide
continuing medical education and to promote implementation of innovations or translate …

Interventions to improve antibiotic prescribing practices in ambulatory care

SR Arnold, SE Straus - Cochrane database of systematic …, 2005 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The development of resistance to antibiotics by many important human
pathogens has been linked to exposure to antibiotics over time. The misuse of antibiotics for …

Prescribing indicators at primary health care centers within the WHO African region: a systematic analysis (1995–2015)

R Ofori-Asenso, P Brhlikova, AM Pollock - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
Background Rational medicine use is essential to optimize quality of healthcare delivery and
resource utilization. We aim to conduct a systematic review of changes in prescribing …

The most effective way of delivering a Train‐the‐Trainers program: a systematic review

J Pearce, MK Mann, C Jones… - … Education in the …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction: Previous literature has shown that multifaceted, interactive interventions may
be the most effective way to train health and social care professionals. A Train‐the‐Trainer …

Antimicrobial resistance in develo** countries. Part II: strategies for containment

IN Okeke, KP Klugman, ZA Bhutta, AG Duse… - The Lancet infectious …, 2005 - thelancet.com
The growing threat from resistant organisms calls for concerted action to prevent the
emergence of new resistant strains and the spread of existing ones. Develo** countries …

Human resource management interventions to improve health workers' performance in low and middle income countries: a realist review

M Dieleman, B Gerretsen, GJ van der Wilt - Health Research Policy and …, 2009 - Springer
Background Improving health workers' performance is vital for achieving the Millennium
Development Goals. In the literature on human resource management (HRM) interventions …

Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis

SR Ranji, MA Steinman, KG Shojania, R Gonzales - Medical care, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Background: Overuse of antibiotics in ambulatory care persists despite many efforts to
address this problem. We performed a systematic review and quantitative analysis to assess …

[HTML][HTML] Closing the quality gap: a critical analysis of quality improvement strategies (Vol. 2: diabetes care)

KG Shojania, SR Ranji, LK Shaw, LN Charo, JC Lai… - 2010 - europepmc.org
Objective Care remains suboptimal for a substantial proportion of the more than 17 million
patients in the United States with diabetes. This review examines strategies for improving …

The effect of pharmacist‐provided non‐dispensing services on patient outcomes, health service utilisation and costs in low‐and middle‐income countries

S Pande, JE Hiller, N Nkansah, L Bero… - Cochrane Database …, 1996 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The role of pharmacists has expanded beyond dispensing and packaging over
the past two decades, and now includes ensuring rational use of drugs, improving clinical …

Policies to promote use of generic medicines in low and middle income countries: a review of published literature, 2000–2010

WA Kaplan, LS Ritz, M Vitello, VJ Wirtz - Health policy, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Review the literature on the impact of policies designed to enhance uptake of
generic medicines in low and middle income countries (LMICs). METHODS: We searched …