Survey The Effect of two Educational Methods of Work Shop And Speech in Increasing the Awareness Level of General Practitioner in Continuing Education Programs in Kermanshah City

most countries try to present effective education for reducing the price of the sanitary health care and filling up the gap between science and action. So the aim of this study is to compare of efficiency of two methods of work shop and speech to increase awareness of general practitioner in Kermanshah city.

Participants in this study were 86 general practitioners attended in continuing education programs of breathing infection. Samples divided into two groups with simple random method. Data collection tool was a questionnaire. Reliability and validity of questionnaire determined by، test-retest and content validity respectively. Data were analyzed using SPSS software (ver. 19)، paired T-test and T- independent.

the average age of 86 general practitioners that participated in، in- service education program was 36. 29 12آ±'' type= «#_x0000_t75» > 3. 4. 38 persons (44%) were in the personal office and 48 person (56%) engaged program in government centers. There wasn’t any relationship between the work place of general practitioner and awareness level، but there is significant relationship between the awareness level of general practitioner before and after of workshop and lecture (P<0. 001). the average of awareness after education was 19. 13 and 20. 85 in lecture and workshop method respectively.

the present study show that education through workshop had more effect in increasing average level of awareness of practitioner rather than the lecture.