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. 2009 Apr 15;2009(2):CD003030. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003030.pub2

Dolan1997.

Methods Cluster RCT 
 Follow up:
providers: NOT DONE 
 patients: N/A 
 Blinded assessment: NOT CLEAR 
 Baseline: DONE 
 Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR 
 Protection against contamination: NOT CLEAR
Overall quality: LOW
Participants 82 internal medicine housestaff and attending physicians 
 Country: USA 
 Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NOT CLEAR 
 Hospital, outpatients
Academic/Teaching setting: UNIVERSITY BASED 
 Type of targeted behaviour: SCREENING (cancer) 
 Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions 1. CME: educational workshop 1hr x 2 
 2. No intervention control
Outcomes Professional practice: median mean proportion of moderate to high risk patients per physician reporting skin cancer control practices 
 Patient: none 
 Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear