Here’s a quick educational tool to assess and address gaps in food allergy knowledge for primary health providers created by Springston et. al. This quiz consists of 9 multiple choice questions. Explanations to questions and references are for each question. You can see how others have answered each question.
We thank Ruchi Gupta and her colleagues for allowing us to reproduce this tool online. Here is the abstract of the original article where this was first published. To begin the quiz, please read the disclaimer and click on the button below.
Springston EE, Lau CH, Patel P, Warrier MR, Sohn MW, Pongracic J, Gupta RS.
The Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate a brief educational tool for pediatricians developed to address known gaps in food allergy knowledge.
STUDY DESIGN:
Pre- and post-assessments were administered to a convenience sample of 61 US pediatricians completing the Food Allergy Comprehension Tool between February and March of 2010. McNemar’s and Wilcoxon signed rank tests were used to determine whether clinical knowledge of food allergy and level of comfort in caring for food-allergic children increased significantly after reviewing the tool. Logistic regression models were used to measure the association of participant characteristics with increased knowledge and comfort.
RESULTS:
Sixty-one percent of surveyed physicians answered more knowledge questions correctly after reviewing the tool. Significantly more participants correctly indicated that anaphylaxis poses the greatest threat to teenagers rather than young children, and correctly rejected chronic nasal problems as a symptom of food allergy (p < 0.05). Comfort in caring for food-allergic children increased significantly on all items post-intervention (p < 0.05). Odds of increased knowledge and comfort were significantly higher among pediatricians without previous training in food allergy.
CONCLUSION:
The Food Allergy Comprehension Tool is a rapid way to address known knowledge gaps among pediatricians and to identify areas in need of further intervention. We recommend integration of the tool with current food allergy guidelines.
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