[Increased knowledge of ARIA and GINA guides 2006 to general physicians by an educational intervention]. / Incremento del conocimiento de las guías ARIA y GINA 2006 para médicos generales mediante una intervención educativa.

BACKGROUND: Educational strategies look for the increase of knowledge in physicians; they are a useful resourse for the diffusion among physicians of guides GINA and ARIA. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate a course shop-like for physicians as an educative strategy. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A transversal study was performed, where knowledge was evaluated to primary contact physicians about recent currents of guides of GINA and ARIA 2006. RESULTS: There was a participation of 69 primary contact physicians who applied a questionnaire of 30 questions: 20 about asthma (GINA) and 10 about allergic rhinitis (ARIA) before and after a course shop-like for physicians; there was improvement on calification after educative strategy on knowledge about asthma and allergic rhinitis with a p = < 0.05. CONCLUSION: The educative strategy proposed as course shop-like for primary contact physicians is effective for teaching the guides of GINA and ARIA 2006.