National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Methods: What Clinicians Need to Know (Web-based)

Course Number: WB3142

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) yields national estimates of office-based practice parameters that appear in the peer-reviewed literature. It is important for physicians and nurses to understand the survey methodology so that they can read these reports critically. This educational module will be a web-based presentation of key concepts, interspersed with quiz questions after each concept to reinforce learning. A practice session on patient record abstraction onto the NAMCS will be included. The participant will log into the CDC Public Health Training Network (PHTN), read the didactic material on-line, and complete the quizzes electronically. Correct responses will be reinforced. Incorrect responses will lead to a re-presentation of the concept to reinforce learning.

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TARGET AUDIENCE: The participants will be licensed physicians and nurses who are professionally eligible to receive continuing medical or nursing education credit. The target audience will be office-based clinicians, since the NAMCS surveys that environment.

MATERIALS: Personal computer with Internet connection