Abstract:
:POEMs (patient-oriented evidence that matters) are studies that address a relevant clinical question, demonstrate improved patient-oriented outcomes, and have the potential to change practice. For 20 years the authors of this article have reviewed more than 100 English language clinical journals monthly to identify POEMs in the medical literature relevant to primary care practice. This article identifies the POEMs in each of the last 20 years that were highest ranked for having recommended a major and persistent change in practice that year. They include POEMs that recommend a novel, effective intervention, a second group that recommends abandoning an ineffective practice, and a third group that recommends abandoning a potentially harmful practice. The top POEMs of the past 20 years illustrate the breadth of practice change in primary care and the need for family physicians to have a systematic approach to keeping up with the medical literature, such as that in POEMs, especially because many of these important articles did not appear in the primary care literature.
journal_name
Ann Fam Medjournal_title
Annals of family medicineauthors
Ebell MH,Barry HC,Shaughnessy AF,Slawson DC,Kulkarni N,Speer Ldoi
10.1370/afm.2288subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-09-01 00:00:00pages
436-439issue
5eissn
1544-1709issn
1544-1717pii
16/5/436journal_volume
16pub_type
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