EPOC subcategory |
Definition |
Educational materials |
Distribution to individuals, or groups, of educational materials to support clinical care, i.e. any intervention in which knowledge is distributed. For example, this may be facilitated by the internet, learning critical appraisal skills; skills for electronic retrieval of information, diagnostic formulation; question formulation |
Educational meetings |
Courses, workshops, conferences or other educational meetings |
Educational outreach visits or academic detailing |
Personal visits by a trained person to health workers in their own settings, to provide information with the aim of changing practice |
Small incentives or grants |
Transfer of money or material goods to healthcare providers conditional on taking a measurable action or achieving a predetermined performance target, for example incentives for lay health workers |
Audit and feedback |
A summary of health workers’ performance over a specified period of time, given to them in a written, electronic or verbal format; the summary may include recommendations for clinical action |
Opinion leaders |
The identification and use of identifiable local opinion leaders to promote good clinical practice |