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Volume 17 (1)
Volume 17, Issue 1, Winter 1997 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1997; 17(1):27-31
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Laurie Pereles, MD, CCFP Jocelyn Lockyer, MHA David Hogan, MD, FRCPC Tunde Gondocz, MSc John Parboosingh, MD, FRCSC A b s t r a c t The purpose of this study was to determine whether physicians who committed themselves to making changes in clinical practice following a continuing medical education (CME) course were more likely to change than those not asked to make such a commitment. Physicians participating in a short course in geriatrics were randomly assigned to either a commitment to change group or a no commitment to change group. The physicians in the commitment to change group were asked to identify areas of their clinical practice that they planned to alter as a result of the educational program. All physicians were followed up at 1 and 3 months after the course, either in person or by telephone, to determine what changes they had made. Both groups made changes in their practice, with the largest number of changes being made by the commitment to change group. This study suggests that behavioral change can accrue from a short-course intervention and that this is facilitated when physicians have committed to make change. Keywords: Commitment to Change; Contract Learning |
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