Table 2.

Implementation strategy: insurance physicians' wishes regarding educational training and support in the use of the guidelines

Training module	Form, implementation	Method
Introduction to the guidelines for depression	Experts from the curative sector and insurance physicians with knowledge of depression	Presentation of problems from curative and insurance-medical viewpoints; mutual questioning regarding experience and vision
Materials, tools	Summary card listing all diagnostic criteria	Practise in the use of the materials, and case histories
Case-histories	Group discussion and practise in applying the guidelines	What constitutes a good assessment? What is unclear? Why?
Work ability assessment	Insurance physician and psychiatrist/psychologist-researcher	Scientific insights, experiences, focus on problems (LFA)
Information on treatment possibilities	Experts from the curative sector	Current thinking on appropriate treatment. What questions can the insurance physician put to the curative physician?
Carrying out and interpreting psychiatric tests	Psychologist, psychiatrist	Different presentation in ethnic minorities (a high proportion of the claimants)
Detailed explanation and interpretation of the HRSD questionnaire	Psychologist, psychiatrist	Practise in the use of the questionnaire
Feedback	Insurance physician and guidelines author/researcher	Feedback from the profession; opportunity to ask questions

LFA = List of Functional Abilities; HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression