Improving oral healthcare using academic detailing – design of the ADVOCATE Field Studies

Authors

  • F. Baâdoudi Department of Social Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • D. Duijster Department of Social Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • F. M. Ali Department of Social Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • S. Listl Department of Conservative Dentistry, Translational Health Economics Group, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Dentistry – Quality and Safety of Oral healthcare, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • H. Whelton Oral Health Services Research Centre, University College Cork Dental School, Cork, Ireland
  • G. J. M. G. van der Heijden Department of Social Dentistry, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam and VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/00016357.2019.1582797

Keywords:

Academic detailing, oral healthcare, dentistry, evidence based care, prevention, patient-centred care, intrinsic motivation

Abstract

Background: Academic detailing (AD) is a defined form of educational outreach that can be deployed to intrinsically motivate practitioners towards improving quality of care. This paper describes the design of the ADVOCATE Field Studies. This proof of concept study aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and usefulness of AD, reinforced with feedback information to promote prevention-oriented, patient-centred and evidence-based oral healthcare delivery by general dental practitioners (GDPs).

Methods: Six groups of GDPs will be recruited; two groups of six to eight GDPs in each of three countries – the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. GDPs will meet for four Academic Detailing Group (ADG) meetings for open discussions using comparative feedback data to stimulate debate about their dental practice performance and care delivery. Group meetings will be moderated using the AD methodology. Qualitative data will be collected through focus group interviews, an online discussion forum, field notes and debriefs of ADG meetings and analysed by conventional content analysis using MaxQDA software.

Discussion: The results of the study will provide novel information on the feasibility, perceived acceptability and usefulness of AD and feedback data for GDPs to improve oral healthcare delivery.

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Published

2019-08-18

Issue

Vol. 77 No. 6 (2019): Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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