Towards evidence-based general practice in rural and remote Australia: An overview of key issues and a model for practice

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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Janeen
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorBlue, Ian Alasdairen
dc.contributor.schoolDiscipline of Rural Healthen
dc.date.issued2001en
dc.description.abstractThere is an extensive global move towards evidence-based practice intended to increase the quality and effectiveness of health care. However there are barriers and issues when rural general practitioners attempt to incorporate evidence-based medicine in their practice. Key issues affecting the uptake of evidence-based medicine by rural general practitioners include the gaps in the scientific evidence relevant to general practice, time limitations, and the cost of Internet access, geographical isolation from centres of evidence-based practice and limited training opportunities. General practitioner consultations may involve multiple, ill-defined problems and the patients' views about their treatment may conflict with an evidence-based treatment approach. Rural general practitioners may require additional supports to access information from research through Internet-based resources, accessible summaries of evidence or clinical practice guidelines. In addition a model to assist rural general practitioners use evidence-based medicine is suggested. This model may enable the clinical decision-making process to integrate clinical experience, patient preferences and an understanding of the rural context of practice with the best available evidence, to in turn produce best practice.en
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJ. Taylor, D. Wilkinson, I Blueen
dc.identifier.citationRural and Remote Health, 2001; 106en
dc.identifier.issn1445-6354en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/60266
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDeakin Universityen
dc.rights© J. Taylor, D. Wilkinson, I. Blue, 2001.en
dc.source.urihttp://www.rrh.org.au/articles/showarticlenew.asp?ArticleID=106en
dc.subjectAustralia; clinical decision-making; evidence-based; general practice.en
dc.titleTowards evidence-based general practice in rural and remote Australia: An overview of key issues and a model for practiceen
dc.typeJournal articleen

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