Varroud‐Vial 2004.

Methods	Cluster RCT Follow up: providers: DONE patients: NOT DONE Blinded assessment: DONE Baseline: DONE Reliable outcomes: DONE Protection against contamination: DONE Overall quality: MODERATE
Participants	67 general practitioners in four separate districts of one region Country: France Proportion of eligible providers who participated: NOT CLEAR Family practitioners Academic/Teaching setting: NON_TEACHING Type of targeted behaviour: GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF A PROBLEM (glycaemic control of patients with Type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting) Complexity of targeted behaviour: LOW
Interventions	1. CME, staged diabetes management program: 3.5 hrs x 3 educational sessions 2. Control: no intervention control
Outcomes	Professional practice: indicators for treatment of patients Patient: HbA1c Seriousness of outcome: MODERATE
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	B ‐ Unclear