Impact of continuing medical education in cancer diagnosis on GP knowledge, attitude and readiness to investigate - a before-after study.

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Published in BMC Fam Pract on July 26, 2016

Authors

Berit Skjødeberg Toftegaard1,2,3, Flemming Bro4,5, Alina Zalounina Falborg4,6,5, Peter Vedsted4,6,5

Author Affiliations

1: Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark. berit.toftegaard@feap.dk.
2: Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (CaP), Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark. berit.toftegaard@feap.dk.
3: Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark. berit.toftegaard@feap.dk.
4: Research Unit for General Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
5: Section for General Medical Practice, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
6: Research Centre for Cancer Diagnosis in Primary Care (CaP), Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 2, DK-8000, Aarhus, Denmark.

Associated clinical trials:

The Effect of CME on Early Cancer Diagnosis in General Practice | NCT02069470

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