Roland Grad & Roland Grad & PierrePierre PluyePluye

INFORMATION ASSESSMENT METHOD:

A ‘NEW’ KT TOOL

Information Assessment Method*

Systematic and comprehensive assessment of relevance, cognitive impact, use of information and patient health outcomes, derived from Electronic Knowledge Resources

Potential applications For KT Science: Compare electronic

knowledge resources For authors: Maintain the quality of electronic

knowledge resources For end-users: Documentation of brief self-

directed e-learning (e.g., for claiming continuing education credit)

*www.techtransfer.mcgill.ca/industry/show_ato.php?109

Three versions of IAM

1. PUSH contextE.g. rating an InfoPOEM, delivered by cma.ca

2. PULL context, mobile device, databaseE.g. rating a Cochrane abstract, retrieved from

Essential Evidence Plus

3. PULL context, web, e-BookE.g. rating a highlight retrieved from one

chapter in e-Therapeutics

Information Assessment Method*: Studies published by the developers 1. Grad RM, Pluye P, Mercer J et al (2008). Impact of Research-based Synopses Delivered as Daily E-

mail: A Prospective Observational Study. JAMIA 15(2):240-45.2. Pluye P, Grad RM, Mysore N, Knaapen L, Johnson-Lafleur J & Dawes M (2007). Systematically

Assessing the Situational Relevance of Electronic Knowledge Resources: A Mixed Methods study. JAMIA 14:616-25.

3. Pluye P, Grad RM, Dawes M & Bartlett JC (2007). Seven reasons why family physicians search clinical information-retrieval technology: Toward an organizational model. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 13(1):39-49.

4. Grad RM, Pluye P, Hanley J, Marlow, B, Macaulay A & Dalkir K (2007). Validation of a Method to Assess the Impact of Electronic Knowledge Resources on Clinicians. e-Service Journal, 5(2):e113. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ESJ.2007.5.2.113.

5. Pluye P & Grad R (2006). Cognitive impact assessment of electronic knowledge resources: A mixed methods evaluation study of a handheld prototype. AMIA 2006 Symposium Proceedings: 634-638.

6. Pluye P, Grad RM, Dunikowski L & Stephenson R (2005). The Impact of Clinical Information-Retrieval Technology on Physicians: A Literature Review of Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed-method Studies, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 74(9):745-768.

7. Pluye P, Grad RM, Stephenson R & Dunikowski L (2005) A new impact assessment method to evaluate knowledge resources. AMIA 2005 Symposium Proceedings: 609-613.

8. Grad RM, Pluye P, Meng Y, Segal B & Tamblyn R (2005). Assessing the impact of clinical information-retrieval technology in a Family Practice Residency. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice,11(6):576-586.

9. Grad RM, Meng Y, Bartlett G, Dawes M, Pluye P, Boillat M, Rao G & Thomas R (2005). Effect of a PDA-assisted Evidence-Based Medicine course on knowledge of common clinical problems. Family Medicine, 37(10):734-740.

10. Pluye P & Grad RM (2004). How information retrieval technology may impact on physician practice: An organisational case study in family medicine. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 10(3), 413-430.

*The McGill Office of Technology Transfer has filed a US patent application in support of this method: http://www.techtransfer.mcgill.ca/industry/show_ato.php?109