Children's Hospital Boston Point of Care CME Form
Please be sure to read the Letter to the Physician before beginning this exercise.
    Instructions:
  1. Develop your clinical question.
  2. Determine which online resources you will search.
  3. Decide on the appropriate search terms.
  4. Select the most relevant articles.
  5. Complete this form, *=required.
  6. Click the "Submit" button upon completion.
Credit is 1.0 Category 1 credits per completed activity. Credits will appear on transcripts as "Internet POC CME".
 
*Physician's Name
(last, first):
*CHB ID Number:
Phone Number:
*Email Address:
*What is the
clinical question?
 
*Is the question related to
(check all that apply)		 A rare condition
A condition not managed recently
A diagnostic dilemma
A need for new clinical information
A controversial issue
other    
 
*What database/peer-reviewed
resourced did you use
(check all that apply)		 Cochrane Library
National Guideline Clearinghouse
PsychInfo
PubMed/Medline
TRIP Database
UpToDate
other    
 
*How would you
define your findings?
(check all that apply)		 Found clinical information that answered my question
Found clinical information that was related, but did not directly answer my question
Did not find any clinical information that answered my question
other  
 
*Please specify citation(s) from peer-reviewed journals, books or topics reviews found on web sites that follow peer-review standards.
Please type in or copy-and-paste 1 - 3 citations, PubMed ID numbers (PMID), or website URLs of the most relevant articles.
 
*Describe the application of your findings to your practice (check all that apply and complete the statement)
Reinforced my clinical decision to:    
Confirmed a diagnosis of:    
Reviewed the condition of:    
Applied new clinical guidelines in the managment of:    
Unable to find clinical information that addressed my question.
other    
 
*If the course of management and/or diagnosis was changed, how was it changed? (check all that apply)
Choice of treatment/management
Changes in pharmaceutical therapy
Monitoring of therapy
Referral for a consultations
Changes in diagnositic tests
Recommendations for preventative care
Changes in differential diagnosis
Management/diagnosis not changed
 
*Define the difficulties in finding relevant information (check all that apply)
Did not have difficulty finding relevant information
Not enough full-text journals available
Difficulties in searching (please specify your search strategy)
     
Insufficient clinical information coverage in the database
Access difficulties
Other        
 
Evaluation:
*Rate the overall effectiveness of this activity
Excellent Poor
  5
 4
 3
 2
 1
 
*Evaluation result: (Please check all that apply)
Activities met my objectives.
My search resulted in a change in knowledge, competence or performance in a clinical setting.
Use of information acquired may result in improved patient care.
 
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