Sunil Kripalani|Chandra Y. Osborn|Viola Vaccarino|Terry A. Jacobson
Development and evaluation of a medication counseling workshop for physicians: can we improve on ‘take two pills and call me in the morning’?
Vanderbilt University|Emory University|Vanderbilt University|Emory University|Emory University
backgroundphysicians often provide adequate medication counselingpurposeto develop evaluate educational program improve physicians assessment adherence medication counseling skills attention health literacymethodswe compared internal medicine residents confidence counseling behaviors measured selfreport baseline one month participation twohour interactive workshopresultsfiftyfour residents participated 35 65 completed followup survey one month training residents reported improved confidence assessing counseling patients p0001 including low health literacy p0001 residents also reported frequent use desirable behaviors assessing patients medication understanding adherence barriers p005 addressing costs prescribing p001 suggesting adherence aids p001 confirming patient understanding teachback p005conclusiona medication counseling workshop significantly improved residents selfreported confidence behaviors regarding medication counseling one month later