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. 2007 Nov-Dec;14(8):480-4.
doi: 10.1155/2007/504931.

Playing cards on asthma management: a new interactive method for knowledge transfer to primary care physicians

Louis-Philippe Boulet  1 , Francine Borduas, Jacques Bouchard, Johanne Blais, Fredrick E Hargreave, Michel Rouleau
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Playing cards on asthma management: a new interactive method for knowledge transfer to primary care physicians

Louis-Philippe Boulet et al. Can Respir J. 2007 Nov-Dec.

Abstract
in English, French

Objectives: To describe an interactive playing card workshop in the communication of asthma guidelines recommendations, and to assess the initial evaluation of this educational tool by family physicians.

Design: Family physicians were invited to participate in the workshop by advertisements or personal contacts. Each physician completed a standardized questionnaire on his or her perception of the rules, content and properties of the card game.

Setting: A university-based continuing medical education initiative.

Participants: Primary care physicians.

Main outcome measures: Physicians' evaluation of the rules, content and usefulness of the program.

Results: The game allowed the communication of relevant asthma-related content, as well as experimentation with a different learning format. It also stimulated interaction in a climate of friendly competition. Participating physicians considered the method to be an innovative tool that facilitated reflection, interaction and learning. It generated relevant discussions on how to apply guideline recommendations to current asthma care.

Conclusions: This new, interactive, educational intervention, integrating play and scientific components, was well received by participants. This method may be of value to help integrate current guidelines into current practice, thus facilitating knowledge transfer to caregivers.

OBJECTIFS :: Décrire un atelier portant sur un jeu de cartes interactif ayant pour but de faire connaître les recommandations et les lignes directrices sur l’asthme, et évaluer les premiers commentaires des médecins de famille au sujet de cet outil de formation.

PLAN :: Des médecins de famille ont été invités à participer à cet atelier par voie de communiqués et d’invitations personnelles. Chaque médecin a répondu à un questionnaire standardisé sur sa perception des règles, du contenu et des propriétés du jeu de cartes.

CONTEXTE :: Projet mis sur pied par un département de formation médicale continue universitaire.

PARTICIPANTS :: Médecins de première ligne.

PRINCIPAUX PARAMÈTRES :: Évaluation par les médecins des règles, du contenu et de l’utilité du programme.

RÉSULTATS :: Le jeu a permis la transmission de connaissances pertinentes sur l’asthme et l’expérimentation d’un outil d’apprentissage différent. Il a aussi favorisé l’interaction dans un climat de compétition amicale. Les médecins participants ont jugé la méthode originale, propice à la réflexion, aux échanges et à l’apprentissage. Des discussions intéressantes en ont découlé sur les façons d’appliquer les lignes directrices aux soins actuels.

CONCLUSIONS :: Cette nouvelle méthode de formation interactive, qui allie jeu et éléments scientifiques a été bien accueillie par les participants. Elle pourrait être utile pour l’intégration des directives actuelles dans la pratique et faciliter du même coup le transfert de connaissances aux professionnels de la santé.

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Figure 1)
Responses of physicians to a standardized questionnaire about the card game. Most physicians either mostly agreed or strongly agreed that the card game was relevant to their practices, that the elements of the game were well explained and that the messages resulting about asthma treatment were clear and practical
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Figure 2)
Summary of the physician’s assessment of the workshop properties with regard to its conviviality, flexibility, promotion of interaction between participants and facilitation of learning. Most physicians believed that the workshop facilitated conviviality, flexibility, learning and promotion of interaction among participants
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Figure 3)
Physician’s assessment of the potential influence of the workshop with regard to the facilitation of integration of the information discussed to their practice and how it will help them to apply this information in day-to-day care. Physicians considered that the workshop had a potential to influence the integration of the information discussed into day-to-day care in their practices
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