Evaluations of Continuing Health Provider Education Focused on Opioid Prescribing: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Continuing health provider education (HPE) is an important intervention supported by health policy to counter the opioid epidemic; knowledge regarding appropriate program design and evaluation is lacking. The authors aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of evaluations of opioid-related continuing HPE programs and their appropriateness as interventions to improve population health.

Method

In January 2020, the authors conducted a systematic search of 7 databases, seeking studies of HPE programs on opioid analgesic prescribing and overdose prevention. Reviewers independently screened the titles and abstracts of all studies and then assessed the full texts of all studies potentially eligible for inclusion. The authors extracted a range of data using categories fo

SUBMITTER: Sud A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8781229 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature