caa a22 4500 39749825X CHVBK 20180308164526.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199509 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.3.313 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.3.313 Change in knowledge of general practitioners during their professional careers [Elektronische Daten] [YD van Leeuwen, SSL Mol, MC Pollemans, MJ Drop, R Grol, CPM van der Vleuten] In this study the level of knowledge of general practitioners (GPs) in different stages of their career, from the undergraduate level onwards to more than 20 years after certification, has been investigated. The total body of knowledge as well as the knowledge about different aspects of care was established. Participants were 108 medical students, 445 postgraduate trainees in six different stages of their training and 351 GPs with 5 to more than 20 years of experience. They all took the same written test, designed to assess knowledge closely related to patient care. An increase in test score was found from the start of postgraduate training onwards followed by a decrease starting 5-10 years after certification. The curves for the different aspects of care varied. It is concluded that the body of knowledge of GP-trainees in creases during postgraduate training and reaches the level of knowledge of GPs who are less than 10 years certified. From 10 years after certification onwards the knowledge decreases as well as changes over time. The latter had also been found in two American studies relating to the knowledge of certified GPs and internists. The results seem important for the organization and content of postgraduate training and continuous medical education. © Oxford University Press Teaching and learning nationallicence van Leeuwen YD University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut Mol SSL University of Utrecht PO Box 80045, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Pollemans MC University of Utrecht PO Box 80045, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Drop MJ University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut Grol R. University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut van der Vleuten CPM University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/3(1995-09), 313-317 0263-2136 12:3<313 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.3.313 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.3.313 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Leeuwen YD University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mol SSL University of Utrecht PO Box 80045, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pollemans MC University of Utrecht PO Box 80045, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Drop MJ University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Grol R. University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van der Vleuten CPM University of Limburg PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Nethelands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/3(1995-09), 313-317 0263-2136 12:3<313 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford