Background: Clinicians are increasingly using electronic sources of evidence to support clinical decision-making;\r\nhowever, there are multiple demands on clinician time, and summarised and synthesised evidence is needed.\r\nClinical Answers (CA) have been developed to address this need; the CA is a synthesised evidence-based summary\r\nthat supports point-of-care clinical decision-making. The aim of this paper is to report on a survey used to test and\r\nimprove the CA format.\r\nMethods: An online survey was sent to pediatricians via e-mail and posted on a child health clinical standards\r\nwebsite. Quantitative data analysis consisted primarily of descriptive statistics; qualitative data analysis consisted of\r\ncontent analysis.\r\nResults: Eighty-three pediatricians responded to the survey. Most respondents found the CA useful or very useful\r\n(93%) and agreed or strongly agreed that the layout was effective and allowed them to quickly locate critical\r\ninformation (82%). Quantitative and qualitative data suggested that respondents thought there should be less\r\ndetail in the linked figures and tables (p = 0.0002), but overall respondents seemed to think there was an\r\nappropriate level of detail in most sections of the CA.\r\nConclusions: Based on the quantitative and qualitative survey responses, major and minor modifications to the CA\r\nformat were implemented, such as removing forest plots, adding links in each addendum to bring the user back\r\nto the front page, and adding an ââ?¬Ë?Implications for practiceââ?¬â?¢ section to the CA. Findings suggest that CAs will be a\r\nuseful tool for pediatricians; thus, the research team has now begun creating CAs to assist busy clinicians in their\r\nday-to-day clinical practice by providing high-quality information for decision-making at the point-of-care
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