Our intervention
The IMPRovE intervention components intended to improve guideline concordance via social interactions, tailored to the needs of participating GPs, accompanied by credible and evidence-based advice from opinion leaders, and reinforced over a period of time to promote implementation, embedment and integration of the guideline in practice.
Its various components included:
- The flexible nature of the academic detailing session, as shown to be a cost-effective method to improve guideline-based care by GPs through peer-to-peer learning. The 60-minute long session, co-delivered with a professional academic detailer who we have engaged through the National Prescribing Service, enabled our GP opinion leader to adapt a session so that it meets the needs of the GP participants.
- The flexible nature of a virtual community of practice, enabling clinicians to choose what topics they engage with and how. Our GPs were enrolled into a digital community of practice created to highlight the Guideline and its recommendations through case studies, podcasts, webinars and panel discussions, and enable GPs to develop a shared repertoire of resources and ways of addressing recurring problems.
- The provision of credible and relevant resources, equipping GPs with practical tools to assist them to apply the guidelines in their clinical practice.
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