Improving Oral Health care Using Academic Detailing - Reproducibility and Scalability of the Added Value for Oral Care Field Studies Approach

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  • Rosing, Kasper
  • Fatiha Baâdoudi
  • Denise Duijster
  • Geert van der Heijden
  • Fatima Muridi Ali
  • Neal Maskrey

Objectives: A proof-of-concept study has shown that the Added Value for Oral Care (ADVOCATE) Field Studies approach (academic detailing with feedback data) is considered a feasible, useful, and acceptable way to motivate general dental practitioners (GDPs) to reflect on and, if required, change their oral health-care delivery. The aims of this proof-of-principle study were to test whether such results were reproducible and to reach consensus among stakeholders on recommendations for wider implementation. Methods: Eleven groups of GDPs were recruited in 6 countries (Denmark, England Germany, Hungary, Ireland, and The Netherlands). Each group had 3 academic detailing meetings, being stimulated by feedback data. Focus group interviews were held to evaluate the reproducibility of the Field Studies approach. A World Café session explored suggestions for the wider implementation of the approach. Results: Replicable results on feasibility, acceptability, and usefulness of the Field Studies approach were seen; 7 out of 9 themes identified in the proof-of-concept study were validated. Directed content analyses identified that adjustments to procedures to collect and present feedback data were desirable. Overall, the approach can stimulate GDPs to reflect on and change aspects of their oral health-care delivery. Conclusions: The Field Studies approach, after some adjustments to data collection procedures, is ready for further testing in larger studies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101474
JournalJournal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume20
Issue number4
Number of pages18
ISSN1532-3382
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

    Research areas

  • Academic detailing, General dental practitioner, Implementation, Oral health care, Quality improvement

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