@article{ref1,
title="Impact of new guidelines and educational programme on awareness of medical fitness to drive among general practitioners in Ireland",
journal="Traffic injury prevention",
year="2015",
author="Kahvedžić, Amila and Mcfadden, Regina and Cummins, Gerry and Carr, David and O'neill, Desmond",
volume="16",
number="6",
pages="593-598",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate changes in attitudes, resources and practices of GPs towards evaluating medical fitness to drive (MFTD) following the publication of national guidelines and an extensive educational programme in traffic medicine. <br><br>METHOD: Postal questionnaire-survey to GPs (n = 1,000) in November 2013. <br><br>RESULTS: The final response rate was 46%. GPs are confident (57%) or very confident (14%) in assessing MFTD. There is a high awareness of the new Irish guidelines with 86% of GPs using them for assistance in assessing MFTD. GPs are divided as to whether GPs (49%) or practitioners specially trained for assessing MFTD (44%) should be primarily responsible for assessing MFTD. GPs expressed interest in traffic medicine educational programmes, most notably a resource pack for CME Small Group learning (87%), MFTD software (71%) and an online moodle (68%). Many remain (68%) concerned about their liability in regard to MFTD assessments. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Irish GPs are confident in assessing MFTD and show a high level of awareness of the new guidelines. There is a clear interest among GPs in further educational supports and training in traffic medicine, particularly MFTD assessments.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-9588",
doi="10.1080/15389588.2014.979408",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2014.979408"
}