Project: Reconstituting the POEMs program for Continuing Medical Education
Introduction:
POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters) are synopses written about articles of clinical research that report on a patient-oriented outcome, such as improvement in symptoms, morbidity, or mortality. POEMs must also be free of important methodologic bias, making the results valid and trustworthy. Finally, if applied in practice, a POEM would change what some physicians do by adopting a new practice or discontinuing an ineffective one.
POEMs Project Overview & Updates
The screenshot showcases the interface developed for the POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters) project, a critical initiative to improve clinical practice by disseminating high-quality research findings. This platform allows physicians to rate the relevance of POEMs for their patients, providing valuable feedback that helps identify the top POEMs of the year.
By engaging directly with the content, physicians will help to select the top research studies of the year for publication in the journal American Family Physician.
This collaborative effort between McGill University, Mark Ebell of Essential Evidence Plus and Wiley-Blackwell aims to reconstitute the POEMs program for Continuing Medical Education in 2024.
Project Team
Project Lead
Dr. Roland Grad is a practising family doctor, associate professor and associate editor for the journal ‘Family Practice’.
Research Associate
David Li Tang received his Ph.D. from the School of Information Studies at McGill University in 2012. His doctoral research focused on innovation in information services.
Currently, David Li Tang serves as an Officer at the National Research Council’s Knowledge, Information, and Technology Services branch. He also held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research in Jewish General Hospital (JGH), Canada.
