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- Title
Top 20 POEMs of the Past 20 Years: A Survey of Practice-Changing Research for Family Physicians.
- Authors
Ebell, Mark H.; Barry, Henry C.; Shaughnessy, Allen F.; Slawson, David C.; Kulkarni, Nita; Speer, Linda
- 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.
- Subjects
FAMILY medicine; PRIMARY care; HEALTH promotion; WOMEN'S health; CHRONIC diseases
- Publication
Annals of Family Medicine, 2018, Vol 16, Issue 5, p436
- ISSN
1544-1709
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1370/afm.2288