Heale 1988.

Methods	Provider RCT Follow up: providers: NOT DONE patients: N/A Blinded assessment: NOT CLEAR Baseline: NOT DONE Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR Protection against contamination: NOT CLEAR Overall quality: LOW
Participants	46 family doctors, providing care for patients with one of 6 common problems: transient ischaemic attacks, hypertension, pre‐menstrual syndrome, chlamydial infections, dementia, prescribing Country: Canada Proportion of eligible providers who participated: 52% Family practice Academic/Teaching setting: NOT CLEAR Type of targeted behaviour: GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A PROBLEM (clinical problems within family medicine) Complexity of targeted behaviour: MEDIUM
Interventions	1. CME: small group, problem‐based sessions 2. CME: large group, case problem discussion 3. CME: traditional didactic lecture
Outcomes	Professional practice: performance score as rated by simulated patient visit Patient: none Seriousness of outcome: LOW
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear