Pekarik 1994.

Methods	Cluster RCT Follow up: providers: NOT CLEAR patients: NOT DONE Blinded assessment: DONE Baseline: DONE Reliable outcomes: NOT CLEAR Protection against contamination: NOT CLEAR Overall quality: LOW
Participants	22 psychotherapists in 3 outpatient clinics in 3 midwestern cities Country: USA Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NOT CLEAR Outpatient clinics Academic/Teaching setting: NON‐TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A PROBLEM (duration of psychotherapy) Complexity of targeted behaviour: MEDIUM
Interventions	1. CME mixed: 1‐day workshop (didactic presentation, skills training, case review, 'homework' given for the follow‐up) + follow‐up: 1.5 hours held once with supervision and discussion of participants' report of a session with a patient that had been selected for brief therapy 2. None
Outcomes	Professional practice: none extracted Patient: scores on the Brief Symptom Inventory Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Low risk	A ‐ Adequate