TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Impact of new guidelines and educational programme on awareness of medical fitness to drive among general practitioners in Ireland
JO  - Traffic injury prevention
A1  - Kahvedžić, Amila
A1  - Mcfadden, Regina
A1  - Cummins, Gerry
A1  - Carr, David
A1  - O'neill, Desmond
SP  - 593
EP  - 598
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-9588
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2014.979408
ID  - ref1
ER  -